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| − | ''The Nuns'', a sinister comedy by Cuban writer Eduardo Manet. The play is set in Haiti at the time of the first Negro revolt of 1804. | + | ''The Nuns'', a sinister comedy by Cuban writer Eduardo Manet[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Manet] (1832-1883). The play is set in Haiti at the time of the first Negro revolt of 1804. |
| + | == The original text == | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| + | Translated into English by Robert Baldick. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Presented by [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre]], Johannesburg, in 1972. Directed by [[Norman Coombes]], starring [[Ken Leach]], [[Nigel Vermaas]] and [[Frantz Dobrowsky]]. | Presented by [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre]], Johannesburg, in 1972. Directed by [[Norman Coombes]], starring [[Ken Leach]], [[Nigel Vermaas]] and [[Frantz Dobrowsky]]. | ||
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| + | Directed by [[Rudy Nadler-Nir]] (who took over the direction after the death of [[Robert Mohr]]) at the [[Little Theatre]], 5-19 May 1984 starring [[Gideon de Wet]], [[Michael Williams]], [[Rodney Mark Venner]], [[Rachel Browne]]. Designer [[A. Samsodien]], lighting [[Pip Marshall]], costumes by [[Jeff Smith]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
PACT Newsletter, September 1972. | PACT Newsletter, September 1972. | ||
| + | ''The Nuns'' theatre programme, 1984. | ||
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Revision as of 10:48, 29 May 2015
The Nuns, a sinister comedy by Cuban writer Eduardo Manet[1] (1832-1883). The play is set in Haiti at the time of the first Negro revolt of 1804.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Robert Baldick.
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by PACT at the Arena Theatre, Johannesburg, in 1972. Directed by Norman Coombes, starring Ken Leach, Nigel Vermaas and Frantz Dobrowsky.
Directed by Rudy Nadler-Nir (who took over the direction after the death of Robert Mohr) at the Little Theatre, 5-19 May 1984 starring Gideon de Wet, Michael Williams, Rodney Mark Venner, Rachel Browne. Designer A. Samsodien, lighting Pip Marshall, costumes by Jeff Smith.
Sources
PACT Newsletter, September 1972.
The Nuns theatre programme, 1984.
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