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Presented by [[African Theatres]], produced by [[Leontine Sagan]], starring herself , [[André Huguenet]] and [[Johann Nell]] in 1940. | Presented by [[African Theatres]], produced by [[Leontine Sagan]], starring herself , [[André Huguenet]] and [[Johann Nell]] in 1940. | ||
| − | Staged in November 1965 by the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] in [[The Cellar]] in Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, directed by [[Marie van Heerden]], with [[Jane Turner]] (Mrs. Bramson), [[Thea Kirstein]] (Olivia), [[Annette Muller]] (Nurse Libby), [[Boela Holloway]] (Hubert ), [[Jill de Klerk]] (Mrs. Terence), [[Joan Nel]] (Dora), [[Peter Viljoen]] (Belsize) and [[Jimmy Aligianis]] (Dan). Music by [[Enrique Breytenbach]] (piano) and [[Van Zyl Hough]] (violin), lighting by [[ | + | Staged in November 1965 by the [[Libertas Theatre Club]] in [[The Cellar]] in Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, directed by [[Marie van Heerden]], with [[Jane Turner]] (Mrs. Bramson), [[Thea Kirstein]] (Olivia), [[Annette Muller]] (Nurse Libby), [[Boela Holloway]] (Hubert ), [[Jill de Klerk]] (Mrs. Terence), [[Joan Nel]] (Dora), [[Peter Viljoen]] (Belsize) and [[Jimmy Aligianis]] (Dan). Music by [[Enrique Breytenbach]] (piano) and [[Van Zyl Hough]] (violin), lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]] and decór by [[Johann van Heerden]]. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 11:28, 9 May 2014
Night Must Fall (1935) by Emlyn Williams. A psychological thriller about a psychopathic bell boy and his relationship with a young woman and her mother.
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by African Theatres, produced by Leontine Sagan, starring herself , André Huguenet and Johann Nell in 1940.
Staged in November 1965 by the Libertas Theatre Club in The Cellar in Dorp Street, Stellenbosch, directed by Marie van Heerden, with Jane Turner (Mrs. Bramson), Thea Kirstein (Olivia), Annette Muller (Nurse Libby), Boela Holloway (Hubert ), Jill de Klerk (Mrs. Terence), Joan Nel (Dora), Peter Viljoen (Belsize) and Jimmy Aligianis (Dan). Music by Enrique Breytenbach (piano) and Van Zyl Hough (violin), lighting by Pieter de Swardt and decór by Johann van Heerden.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Doodvonnis by Willem Kemp and performed by the André Huguenet Company in 19** Huguenet’s choice of this psychological thriller was because of this work’s amazing success in London written and performed by Emlyn Williams. The audience undergoes the psychological unraveling of the private life of a bell boy who becomes good friends with a young lady who’s mother becomes the next victim to this psychopathic bell boy.
Sources
Performing Arts, HSRC, 1972.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Must_Fall
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