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− | ''The Italian Straw Hat'', 1851, (original title in French ''Un Chapeau de paille d'Italie'') a five-act farce by French dramatist Eugène Marin Labiche (1815–1888). | + | ''The Italian Straw Hat'', 1851, (original title in French ''Un Chapeau de paille d'Italie'') a five-act farce by French dramatist [[Eugène Labiche|Eugène Marin Labiche]] (1815–1888). |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == |
Revision as of 18:57, 10 March 2015
The Italian Straw Hat, 1851, (original title in French Un Chapeau de paille d'Italie) a five-act farce by French dramatist Eugène Marin Labiche (1815–1888).
Performance history in South Africa
Leonard Schach directed the Little Theatre Players in this play at the Little Theatre in December 1953. Décor by Frank Graves, costumes by Doreen Graves. The cast: Felicity Bosman, Yvonne Bryceland, Jane Fenn, I.M. Grusd, Donald Inskip, Charles Johnman, Diana Lazar, Marjorie McCall, Paul Malherbe.
Translations and adaptations
Translated by Rita Elferink with the title Die Italiaanse Strooihoed, directed by Francois Swart for TRUK at the Intimate Theatre in 1966 starring Louis van Niekerk (Beauperthuis) and Marius Weyers (Emile Taverneir).
Sources
Siener in die Suburbs theatre programme containg list of actors and their roles for TRUK 1965-1971.
Inskip, 1977. p 119
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