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Revision as of 06:50, 9 April 2016
You Never Can Tell is a four-act comedy by George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)[1].
Contents
The original text
Written in 1897, published in volume two of Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant in 1898 and first performed on 26 November, 1899 in the Royalty Theatre, London, by the Stage Society.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
198*: Staged in Bloemfontein by an amateur company which included Rose Ehrlich and R.C. Steegers, it was the first of his plays to be performed in South Africa.
1954: Staged by the National Theatre Organisation, directed by Leon Gluckman, with Melville Oxley (Mr Valentine), Roma Reilly (Dolly Clandon), Gordon Pethick (Philip Clandon), Margot Heath (Mrs Clandon), Edna Jacobson (Gloria Clandon),
1958: Presented by the Springs Repertory Players, directed by Eric Ash at the Municipal Theatre, Springs, from 19 to 24 May.
1968 Performed by PACT. Directed by Taubie Kushlick with Dale Cutts, Gillian Lomberg, John Rogers, Margaret Fry, Marika Mann, Kerry Jordan, Siegfried Mynhardt, Robert van der Westhuisen, John McKelvey and Ivor van Rensburg. Décor by Raimond Schoop, costumes by Aubrey Couling and lighting by Taubie Kushlick, assisted by Richard Lockwood.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Never_Can_Tell_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw
https://archive.org/details/playspleasantunp02shawrich
NTO theatre programme, 1954.
PACT souvenir programme of February to May 1968.
Tucker, 1997. 74.
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