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[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection. | [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:18, 7 September 2015
The Enquiry is a 1950 play by English playwright Charlotte Hastings (19**- ) [1].
Contents
Subject
A complex story concerning Kate, a prisoner sentenced for killing her very sick child. After a vicious attack from another prisoner Kate attempts suicide. The prison authorities investigate, only to discover that the attacker was a lesbian, motivated by jealousy of Kate’s friendship with another woman. The investigation also brings to light new evidence suggesting that Kate is not a killer, but is shielding the man she loves. Published by Samuel French, 1972.
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1978: Staged by the Bloemfontein Repertory Society in the Civic Theatre in Bloemfontein, directed by David Tanton with Val Lamont-Smith as Kate Walmer.
1984: It was planned to perform the play in the Wynand Mouton Theatre.
Sources
Bloemfontein Repertory Society theatre programme, 1978.
Teaterforum, 4(1), 1983, 120.
TROVE [2]
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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