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Many great productions over the years, often done by University drama departments. | Many great productions over the years, often done by University drama departments. | ||
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A four-character play by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) which premiered in Chicago 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on Williams himself, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister Rose. In writing the play, Williams drew on an earlier short story, as well as a screenplay he had written under the title of The Gentleman Caller.
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Performance history in South Africa
1949: First produced in South Africa at the Little Theatre by Leonard Schach, featuring Rosalie van der Gucht, Jobie Stewart, Rosemary Kirkcaldy, and Colin Romoff. Nigel Hawthorne was the stage manager.
1949: Six months later Schach produced the same play on a National tour under the NTO banner, using Nita Economides, Anna Romain-Hoffman, Will Jamieson, Frank Wise. Decor by cecil Pym.
Many great productions over the years, often done by University drama departments.
197*: The Space (Cape Town) (197*, directed by Bill Tanner, with i.a. Yvonne Bryceland, Wilson Dunster, Bill Flynn), ***.
1989: Presented by the Baxter Theatre in 1989, starring Brenda Wood, Stephen Jennings, Michelle Scott and Geoffrey Hyland. Directed by Fred Abrahamse, design by Brian Collins.
Translations
In November 1966 the Bellvillese Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging (B.A.T.) staged a production of the Afrikaans translation Speelgoed van Glas on the occasion of the society's 15th anniversary, in the Civic Centre in Bellville, directed by Iris Roux, with Mees Xteen (Tom), Marie van Heerden (Amanda), Sariana Augustyn (Laura) and Casper Venter (Jim).
Translations and adaptations
Hugely popular with student companies, it has also been translated into Afrikaans as Speelgoed van Glas by W.K. Grobler (W.H. Grobler?) and was produced by PACT?* in 19** with **. PACOFS 1984, directed by Schalk Jacobsz with Joey de Koker and Christo Potgieter.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie
Behrens, 1978.
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
Baxter Theatre pamphlet, October-November 1989.
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