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| − | Originally produced by the Provincetown Players, | + | Originally produced by the Provincetown Players, |
| + | Premiered July 15, 1915, Provincetown, MA., with Susan Glaspell (as Henrietta Brewster), George Cram Cook (as Stephen Brewster) and Mary Pyne (as Mabel). | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1960: Staged in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Onderdrukte Begeertes]]'' by the newly formed [[Libertas Theatre Club]] ([[Libertas Teaterklub]]) in the [[Denneoord Saal]], Stellenbosch, in September 1960. Directed by [[Piet van Straaten]], with [[Marie van Heerden]], [[Fred Roux]] and [[Maxie Liebenberg]], it was one of three one-act plays performed that evening for the inauguration of the club. | + | 1960: Staged in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Onderdrukte Begeertes]]'' by the newly formed [[Libertas Theatre Club]] ([[Libertas Teaterklub]]) in the [[Denneoord Saal]], Stellenbosch, in September 1960. Directed by [[Piet van Straaten]], with [[Marie van Heerden]], [[Fred Roux]] and [[Maxie Liebenberg]], it was one of three one-act plays performed that evening for the inauguration of the club. The other plays were ''[[Die Vreemde Besoeker]]'' and ''[[The Goldfish]]''. (Interestingly the original play was also one of three sort plays presented as the first production done by the Provincetown Players, a company founded by Cook and Glaspell in 1915.) |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | http://www.provincetownplayhouse.com/suppresseddesires.html | ||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cram_Cook | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cram_Cook | ||
Latest revision as of 06:52, 25 November 2023
Suppressed Desires is a short play by George Cram Cook (1873 – 1924)[1] and Susan Glaspell (1876 – 1948)[2]
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The original text
Originally produced by the Provincetown Players, Premiered July 15, 1915, Provincetown, MA., with Susan Glaspell (as Henrietta Brewster), George Cram Cook (as Stephen Brewster) and Mary Pyne (as Mabel).
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Onderdrukte Begeertes ("Suppressed desires") by Marie Malherbe.
Performance history in South Africa
1960: Staged in Afrikaans as Onderdrukte Begeertes by the newly formed Libertas Theatre Club (Libertas Teaterklub) in the Denneoord Saal, Stellenbosch, in September 1960. Directed by Piet van Straaten, with Marie van Heerden, Fred Roux and Maxie Liebenberg, it was one of three one-act plays performed that evening for the inauguration of the club. The other plays were Die Vreemde Besoeker and The Goldfish. (Interestingly the original play was also one of three sort plays presented as the first production done by the Provincetown Players, a company founded by Cook and Glaspell in 1915.)
Sources
http://www.provincetownplayhouse.com/suppresseddesires.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cram_Cook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Glaspell
https://www.broadwayplaypublishing.com/the-plays/suppressed-desires/
https://www.paloverde.edu/academics/pa/theatre/docs/Suppressed%20Desires.pdf
Earlier history and productions: Marie van Heerden's personal collection of photographs, newspaper clippings and theatre programmes.
http://www.kleinlibertasteater.co.za/
Betty de Wet article in Eikestadnuus, September. 1960.
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