Difference between revisions of "Counsellor-at-Law"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | 1938: [[Playmakers]], [[D.J. Goldblatt]], [[Library Theatre]], opening 25 November. The large cast included, among others, [[Stanley Raphael]], [[Sylvia Cantor]], [[Sydney Witkin]] and [[Sylvia Lazarus]]. | ||
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1941: A [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]] production was directed by [[Minna Schneier]], staged at the [[Library Theatre]], opening 8 October, starring [[Sydney Witkin]] in the title role, [[Eileen Goudvis]] in the leading woman's role, and others in the cast were [[William Godfrey]], [[C. Frederick Mill]] and [[Maree Petersen]]. | 1941: A [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]] production was directed by [[Minna Schneier]], staged at the [[Library Theatre]], opening 8 October, starring [[Sydney Witkin]] in the title role, [[Eileen Goudvis]] in the leading woman's role, and others in the cast were [[William Godfrey]], [[C. Frederick Mill]] and [[Maree Petersen]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | Theatre programme held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 242. 1. 36. | + | Theatre programme (1941 production) held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 242. 1. 36. |
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| + | ''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 11 November 1938. | ||
''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 5 September 1941. | ''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 5 September 1941. | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 26 November 2019
Counsellor-at-Law (1931) is a play by American playwright Elmer Rice (born 1892) [1].
Performance history in South Africa
1938: Playmakers, D.J. Goldblatt, Library Theatre, opening 25 November. The large cast included, among others, Stanley Raphael, Sylvia Cantor, Sydney Witkin and Sylvia Lazarus.
1941: A Johannesburg Repertory Players production was directed by Minna Schneier, staged at the Library Theatre, opening 8 October, starring Sydney Witkin in the title role, Eileen Goudvis in the leading woman's role, and others in the cast were William Godfrey, C. Frederick Mill and Maree Petersen.
Sources
Theatre programme (1941 production) held by NELM: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 242. 1. 36.
Rand Daily Mail, 11 November 1938.
Rand Daily Mail, 5 September 1941.
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