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| − | + | 1980: ''Pyjama Tops'', the English translation, staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Alexander Doré]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Ivor Berold]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Volenté Bertotti]], [[Peter J. Elliot]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Charmaine Jay]], [[Tinah Lebea]] and [[Martina Stöckl]]. | |
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| + | 1981: Another production of ''Pyjama Tops'', staged by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], this time directed by [[Peter J. Elliot]], with [[Leonne Carnot]], [[Len Sparrow-Hawk]], [[Caroline Fox]], [[Michael Findlay]], [[Jimmy Thompson]], [[Kryska Witkowska]], [[Peter J. Elliot]], [[Sandy Wahba]], [[Tinah Lebea]], [[Bernadine Bezuidenhout]] and [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]]. | ||
1977: [[PACT]] staged the [[Mikro]] [[Afrikaans]] translation ''Jôli-Jôli'' in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], featuring [[Harriet Pienaar]] (Claudine), [[David van der Merwe]] (Inspekteur Legrand), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Gerben Kamper]] (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Babette Latouche), and [[John Harley]] (Jacques). Decor by [[Jan Hamers]] and costumes by [[Anthoinette Lombard]]. | 1977: [[PACT]] staged the [[Mikro]] [[Afrikaans]] translation ''Jôli-Jôli'' in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], featuring [[Harriet Pienaar]] (Claudine), [[David van der Merwe]] (Inspekteur Legrand), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Yvonne Chauvinet), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Georges Chauvinet), [[Gerben Kamper]] (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Babette Latouche), and [[John Harley]] (Jacques). Decor by [[Jan Hamers]] and costumes by [[Anthoinette Lombard]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''. | ||
| − | + | [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1977. | |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 07:26, 21 August 2015
Moumou is a 1944 farce for adult audiences by French playwright Jean de Létraz (1897-1954) [1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as Pyjama Tops by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert in the 1950s.
Translated into Afrikaans as Jôli-Jôli by Mikro.
Performance history in South Africa
1980: Pyjama Tops, the English translation, staged by the Toerien-Firth Company at the Baxter Theatre, directed by Alexander Doré, with Leonne Carnot, Len Sparrow-Hawk, Ivor Berold, Tobie Cronjé, Volenté Bertotti, Peter J. Elliot, Sandy Wahba, Charmaine Jay, Tinah Lebea and Martina Stöckl.
1981: Another production of Pyjama Tops, staged by the Toerien-Firth Company at the Baxter Theatre, this time directed by Peter J. Elliot, with Leonne Carnot, Len Sparrow-Hawk, Caroline Fox, Michael Findlay, Jimmy Thompson, Kryska Witkowska, Peter J. Elliot, Sandy Wahba, Tinah Lebea, Bernadine Bezuidenhout and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
1977: PACT staged the Mikro Afrikaans translation Jôli-Jôli in the Breytenbach Theatre in Pretoria and the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg, directed by Louis van Niekerk, featuring Harriet Pienaar (Claudine), David van der Merwe (Inspekteur Legrand), Louise Mollett-Prinsloo (Yvonne Chauvinet), Louis van Niekerk (Georges Chauvinet), Gerben Kamper (Leonard Jôli-Jôli), Elise Hibbert (Babette Latouche), and John Harley (Jacques). Decor by Jan Hamers and costumes by Anthoinette Lombard.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
PACT theatre programme, 1977.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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