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''[[Crépuscule du Théâtre]]'' is a French play by H.R. Lenormand (Henri-René Lenormand, 1882-1951).
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#REDIRECT [[Crépuscule du Théâtre]]
 
 
Not to be confused with a South African play called ''[[Crépuscule]]'' by [[Can Themba]] (19
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
Originally written in French and first produced in the Théâtre des Arts, Paris on 14 December, 1934 and published in 1935, the play could be seen as propaganda on behalf of the stage against the cinema.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
 
 
1946: Presented by the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]], produced by [[Donald Inskip]] in the [[Little Theatre]], October 1946, with [[Sybil Dee]], [[Sidney Wray]], [[E. Clifford Jones]], [[Dorothy Kendal-Grimston]], [[Alfred Faclier]], [[Werner Ochs]], [[Shelagh Cox]], [[Helene van Heerden]], [[Hugh White]], [[Norman Kaye]], [[John Becker]].
 
 
 
1950: Performed by the [[East Rand Theatre Club]] in 1950. Directed by [[Leontine Sagan]].
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
Translated from the French into English as ''[[In Theatre Street]]'' by Ashley Dukes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Dukes], published in ''Famous Plays of 1937'' (Samuel French in New York,  and Victor Gollancz in London).
 
 
 
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        By [[Can Themba]] adapted for the stage and directed by [[Khayelihle Dom Gumede]] with [[Kate Liquorish]] as "Janet", [[Leroy Gopal]] as "Can", [[Conrad Kemp]] as "Malcolm", [[Lerato Mvelase]] as "Baby/Kleinboy", [[Nhlanhla Mahlangu]] as "Stan" and [[Thami Ngoma]] as "Ous Lethabo/Mama Dora/Sis".
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/Theatre-Street-Play-Two-Parts-English/1139058742/bd
 
 
 
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama Volume 1 (edited by Stanley Hochman) p. 260[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=zo5os6d0rvMC&pg=PA260&lpg=PA260&dq=On+Theatre+Street+by++H.+R.+Lenormand&source=bl&ots=jvUj1JtTMi&sig=OIANuCeuJX6pzLem8s2Gixn0WIM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BlmYUoeNFYqjhgfKi4DwCw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=On%20Theatre%20Street%20by%20%20H.%20R.%20Lenormand&f=false]
 
 
 
''South African Opinion'', 3(9):20, 1946.
 
 
 
''Trek'', 11(8):18, 1946.
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 
 
 
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