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1987: Performed by [[NAPAC]]. | 1987: Performed by [[NAPAC]]. | ||
Revision as of 05:53, 27 June 2019
The Sleeping Prince: An Occasional Fairy Tale is a play by Terence Rattigan (1911-1977) [1].
Also known simply as The Sleeping Prince.
Contents
The original text
Written to coincide with the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, the play is set in London in 1911 and tells the story of Mary Morgan, a young actress, who meets and ultimately captivates Prince Charles of Carpathia. The work is considered to be inspired by Carol II of Romania.
It was first produced at the Phoenix Theatre, London on November 5, 1953, directed by Laurence Olivier and featuring Vivien Leigh and himself and in New York at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway in November and December 1956, directed by Michael Redgrave and featuring Barbara Bel Geddes and himself.
Translations and adaptations
The play was adapted by Rattigan and filmed in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl[2], produced by Marilyn Monroe and directed by Laurence Olivier and featuring Monroe and Olivier in the leads.
The play was adapted into a musical called The Girl Who Came to Supper[3], with a book by Harry Kurnitz and music and lyrics by Noël Coward, which premiered on Broadway in 1963.
Performance history in South Africa
1956: Staged by the Johannesburg Reps for Leonard Schach's Cockpit Players in September as The Reps' Johannesburg Festival production, directed by Minna Schneier with Moira Lister and Joss Ackland in the cast. Designs by Anthony Farmer.
1987: Performed by NAPAC.
Sources
Theatre programme (Reps production) held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 13. 1122.
Tucker, 1997. 98.
Lantern, 36 (2). 16. (NAPAC production).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Prince_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_and_the_Showgirl
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