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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
1948: Presented for the first time in South Africa, staged professionally by [[NTO]] in August 1948, as its second English touring production after ''[[Dear Brutus]]''. Produced and directed by [[Leontine Sagan]], it starred [[Frank Wise]] (Arthur Birling), [[Lorna Cowell]] (Sybil Birling), [[Vivien Drummond]] or [[Hazel Casson]] (Sheila Birling), [[Leon Gluckman]] (Eric Birling), [[Oswald van Blerk]] (Gerald Croft), [[Esme Celliers]] (Edna) and [[André Huguenet]] (Inspector Coole). Decor designed by [[Ronald Philip]], dresses designed by [[Dan Welman]]. It toured in tandem with [[W.A. de Klerk|De Klerk]]'s ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]''.
 
1948: Presented for the first time in South Africa, staged professionally by [[NTO]] in August 1948, as its second English touring production after ''[[Dear Brutus]]''. Produced and directed by [[Leontine Sagan]], it starred [[Frank Wise]] (Arthur Birling), [[Lorna Cowell]] (Sybil Birling), [[Vivien Drummond]] or [[Hazel Casson]] (Sheila Birling), [[Leon Gluckman]] (Eric Birling), [[Oswald van Blerk]] (Gerald Croft), [[Esme Celliers]] (Edna) and [[André Huguenet]] (Inspector Coole). Decor designed by [[Ronald Philip]], dresses designed by [[Dan Welman]]. It toured in tandem with [[W.A. de Klerk|De Klerk]]'s ''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]''.
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Late 1990s: Staged by the [[Natal Theatre Workshop Company|Durban Theatre Workshop Company]] at the City Centre Theatre (formerly situated in Kings Hall). Directed by [[David Randle]], it featured [[Peter Larlham]], [[Caroline Smart]], [[”Chaka” Hallowes]], [[Chris Voysey]], [[Anne Butt]] and [[David Coolbear]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 17:26, 20 October 2016

An Inspector Calls by English dramatist J.B. Priestley (1894-1984)[1]. A popular thriller.

The original text

First performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and in 1946 in the UK.

Translations and adaptations

Filmed in 1954 and 2015, made into a television series in 1982.

Performance history in South Africa

1948: Presented for the first time in South Africa, staged professionally by NTO in August 1948, as its second English touring production after Dear Brutus. Produced and directed by Leontine Sagan, it starred Frank Wise (Arthur Birling), Lorna Cowell (Sybil Birling), Vivien Drummond or Hazel Casson (Sheila Birling), Leon Gluckman (Eric Birling), Oswald van Blerk (Gerald Croft), Esme Celliers (Edna) and André Huguenet (Inspector Coole). Decor designed by Ronald Philip, dresses designed by Dan Welman. It toured in tandem with De Klerk's Nag het die Wind Gebring.

Late 1990s: Staged by the Durban Theatre Workshop Company at the City Centre Theatre (formerly situated in Kings Hall). Directed by David Randle, it featured Peter Larlham, Caroline Smart, ”Chaka” Hallowes, Chris Voysey, Anne Butt and David Coolbear.

Sources

Wikipedia [2].

An Inspector Calls theatre programme, 1948.

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