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| − | + | ''[[Herr Sleeman kommer]]'' (English: ''[[Mr Sleeman is Coming]]'') is a Swedish one-act play by Hjalmar Bergman. | |
| − | == | + | ==The original play== |
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| + | The tale of an orphaned young woman, urged by her aunts to marry a rich old man. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated | + | 1953: [[Cornelius January]] (1997) writes that a full-length English play entitled ''[[Mr Sleeman is Coming]]'' by [[Denis Rhodes Granger]] was produced for the [[Worcester Dramatic Society]] in 1953, directed by Granger himself. This is most probably a mistake and the play used was the English translation of the Bergman one-act play. |
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| + | 1963: Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Meneer Sleeman Kom]]'' (most probably from the English) by [[Leonora Nel]]. | ||
| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
| + | 1949: ''[[Mr Sleeman is Coming]]'' was presented by the [[University of Cape Town]]’s University Dramatic Society (sponsors) at the [[Little Theatre]] in October, directed by [[Arnold Pearce]]. | ||
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| + | 1963: ''[[Meneer Sleeman Kom]]'' was first produced by [[PACT]], as a double bill with ''[[Die Skuld van Oedipus]]'', in 1963, in the Pretoria [[Breytenbach Theatre|National Theatre]]. Directed by [[Leonora Nel]], with [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]], [[Leonora Nel]], [[Vicki Vosloo]]/[[Phyllis Punt]], [[Ernst Eloff]] and [[Jannie Gildenhuys]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Sleeman_Is_Coming | + | Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Sleeman_Is_Coming]. |
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| + | [[Cornelius January]] 1997. '''n Vergelykende studie ten opsigte van die aktiwiteite van stedelike swart amateur gemeenskapsgroepe en plattelandse Swart amateur gemeenskapsgroepe in die apartheidsjare''. Unpublished master’s thesis. Bellville: [[University of the Western Cape]]. | ||
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| + | [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.136. | ||
[[PACT]] Report 1963/64. | [[PACT]] Report 1963/64. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:20, 21 November 2022
Herr Sleeman kommer (English: Mr Sleeman is Coming) is a Swedish one-act play by Hjalmar Bergman.
Contents
The original play
The tale of an orphaned young woman, urged by her aunts to marry a rich old man.
Translations and adaptations
1953: Cornelius January (1997) writes that a full-length English play entitled Mr Sleeman is Coming by Denis Rhodes Granger was produced for the Worcester Dramatic Society in 1953, directed by Granger himself. This is most probably a mistake and the play used was the English translation of the Bergman one-act play.
1963: Translated into Afrikaans as Meneer Sleeman Kom (most probably from the English) by Leonora Nel.
Performance history in South Africa
1949: Mr Sleeman is Coming was presented by the University of Cape Town’s University Dramatic Society (sponsors) at the Little Theatre in October, directed by Arnold Pearce.
1963: Meneer Sleeman Kom was first produced by PACT, as a double bill with Die Skuld van Oedipus, in 1963, in the Pretoria National Theatre. Directed by Leonora Nel, with Kita Redelinghuijs, Leonora Nel, Vicki Vosloo/Phyllis Punt, Ernst Eloff and Jannie Gildenhuys.
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
Cornelius January 1997. 'n Vergelykende studie ten opsigte van die aktiwiteite van stedelike swart amateur gemeenskapsgroepe en plattelandse Swart amateur gemeenskapsgroepe in die apartheidsjare. Unpublished master’s thesis. Bellville: University of the Western Cape.
Inskip, 1972. p.136.
PACT Report 1963/64.
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