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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1977 | + | 1977: Presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], opening 18 March, directed by [[Robin Lake]] and starring [[Keith Grenville]] (Alceste}, [[John Whiteley]] (Philinte), [[Roger Dwyer]] (Oronte}, [[Rika Sennett]] (Célimène), [[Lois Butlin]] (Eliante), [[Helen Bourne]] (Arsinoé), [[Philip Godawa]] (Acaste), [[Peter Cartwright]] (Clitandre), [[Pippa Dyer]] (Basque), [[Peter Krummeck]] (A messenger), [[David Crichton]] (Alceste's valet) and [[Neville Thomas]] (Célimène's manservant). Designers [[Peter Krummeck]] (set), [[Jennifer Craig]] (costumes), [[John T. Baker]] (lighting). |
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Revision as of 15:11, 7 November 2016
Le Misanthrope or The Atrabilious Man in Love is a comedy in five acts by Jean Baptiste Poquelin de Moliere (1622-1673).
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur, entitled The Misanthrope. This translation was first produced at the Poet's Theatre, Cambridge, Mass. on 25 October 1955.
Performance history in South Africa
1977: Presented by CAPAB Drama at the Nico Malan Theatre, opening 18 March, directed by Robin Lake and starring Keith Grenville (Alceste}, John Whiteley (Philinte), Roger Dwyer (Oronte}, Rika Sennett (Célimène), Lois Butlin (Eliante), Helen Bourne (Arsinoé), Philip Godawa (Acaste), Peter Cartwright (Clitandre), Pippa Dyer (Basque), Peter Krummeck (A messenger), David Crichton (Alceste's valet) and Neville Thomas (Célimène's manservant). Designers Peter Krummeck (set), Jennifer Craig (costumes), John T. Baker (lighting).
Sources
The Misanthrope theatre programme, CAPAB 1977.
Photograph by Paul Alberts, NELM.
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