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1955: Produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]], directed by [[Anthony Farmer]], and starring [[John Boulter]].   
 
1955: Produced by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]], directed by [[Anthony Farmer]], and starring [[John Boulter]].   
  
196*: [[PACOFS]] did a production featuring [[Deon Joubert]], [[Schalk Jacobs]]?* and [[Johan Botha]]?*. Directed by ***.
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196*: [[PACOFS]] did a production featuring [[Deon Joubert]], [[Schalk Jacobsz]]?* and [[Johan Botha]]?*. Directed by ***.
  
1973: The Naude translation [[Drie Engeltjies op Duiwelseiland]] was staged by (***) in Pretoria, directed by [[Danie Burger]], featuring Enone van den Bergh (Emilie), Jelrich Koeleman (Felix), Linda Botha (Die Meisie), Esther Nasser (Madame Parole), Zaza Vorster (Marie-Louise), Deric Botha (Alfred), Sidney Rogers (Jules), Pieter Brand (Joseph), Lucas Maree (Gaston), David van Rensburg (Paul) and Etienne Ernst (Espoir).
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1973: The Naudé translation [[Drie Engeltjies op Duiwelseiland]] was staged by (***) in Pretoria, directed by [[Danie Burger]], featuring [[Enone van den Bergh]] (Emilie), [[Jelrich Koeleman]] (Felix), [[Linda Botha]] (Die Meisie), [[Esther Nasser]] (Madame Parole), [[Zaza Vorster]] (Marie-Louise), [[Deric Botha]] (Alfred), [[Sidney Rogers]] (Jules), [[Pieter Brand]] (Joseph), [[Lucas Maree]] (Gaston), [[David van Rensburg]] (Paul) and [[Etienne Ernst]] (Espoir).
  
 
1974: [[Johan Botha]] directed it for [[SWAPAC]], the first play to be produced by that arts council entirely on its own.  
 
1974: [[Johan Botha]] directed it for [[SWAPAC]], the first play to be produced by that arts council entirely on its own.  

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My Three Angels [1] is a comedy play by Samuel and Bella Spewack [2]. A delightful and entertaining comedy set on an island in French Guiana, it tells how three convicts, brought out to repair a roof, become the good angels of a badly harassed household. First produced in English on Broadway in 1953.

The original text

Based on a popular French play by Albert Husson called La Cuisine des Anges (“Cooking with Angels”).

Translations and adaptations

it was made into a very successful 1955 movie called We’re no Angels [3], starring Joan Bennett, Humphrey Bogart, Basil Rathbone, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov.

Translated into Afrikaans as Drie Engeltjies op Duiwelseiland by Mariechen Naudé.

Performance history in South Africa

1955: Produced by the Johannesburg Reps, directed by Anthony Farmer, and starring John Boulter.

196*: PACOFS did a production featuring Deon Joubert, Schalk Jacobsz?* and Johan Botha?*. Directed by ***.

1973: The Naudé translation Drie Engeltjies op Duiwelseiland was staged by (***) in Pretoria, directed by Danie Burger, featuring Enone van den Bergh (Emilie), Jelrich Koeleman (Felix), Linda Botha (Die Meisie), Esther Nasser (Madame Parole), Zaza Vorster (Marie-Louise), Deric Botha (Alfred), Sidney Rogers (Jules), Pieter Brand (Joseph), Lucas Maree (Gaston), David van Rensburg (Paul) and Etienne Ernst (Espoir).

1974: Johan Botha directed it for SWAPAC, the first play to be produced by that arts council entirely on its own.

Sources

(Pretoria) theatre programme, 1973.

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