Eurydice

Eurydice is a play by French writer Jean Anouilh, written in 1941. The story is set in the 1930s, among a troupe of travelling performers. It combines skepticism about romance in general and the intensity of the relationship between Orpheus and Eurydice with an other-worldly mysticism. The result is a heavily ironic modern retelling of the classical Orpheus myth.

Point of Departure is the English title for the play Eurydice by Jean Anouilh, adapted by Kitty Black. Anouilh wrote it in 1941 when Paris was occupied by Germany and it was performed in London in 1950 starring Dirk Bogarde. Under the title of Legend of Lovers it was performed on Broadway by Richard Burton

Translated into Afrikaans as Kringloop van die Liefde by Laurie van der Merwe, produced by PACT, directed by Francois Swart, opening on 18 September 1968. Cast: Marius Weyers, Carel Trichardt Sandra Prinsloo, Laurie van der Merwe, Sheryl Stewardson, Cobus Viljoen, Gerrit Geertsema, Thea Kirstein, Louis van Niekerk, Louw Verwey, Anna Cloete, Christopher Hale, Katinka Heyns.

Another translation into Afrikaans is titled Legende van die Liefde. This version was performed by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in May 1970 in the H.B. Thom Theatre, directed by Ria Olivier and Fred le Roux, starring, among others, Fred Nel, Fred le Roux, Juanita Swanepoel, Ben Dehaeck, Jan Engelen, Marietha Snyman and Johann van Heerden.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurydice_(Anouilh_play)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Departure_(play)

Teater SA, 1(1) and (2), 1968).

UTS theatre pamphlet

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