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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Produced in English by the [[National Theatre Organisation]] in 1953. Directed by [[Leonard Schach]] with [[Edna Jacobson]], [[Robert Lang]], [[Roma Reilly]], [[Molly Seftel]] and [[Frank Wise]]. Décor  by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]].
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1953: An English translation was staged by the [[National Theatre Organisation]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]] with [[Edna Jacobson]], [[Robert Lang]], [[Roma Reilly]], [[Molly Seftel]] and [[Frank Wise]]. Décor  by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]].
  
[[PACOFS]], 1975, directed by [[William Egan]], starring [[Annelize van der Ryst]], [[Tarina Kleyn]], [[Pieter Strydom]]. (Which of the above?)
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1975: Staged by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[William Egan]], starring [[Annelize van der Ryst]], [[Tarina Kleyn]], [[Pieter Strydom]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 07:27, 8 April 2016

The Anniversary is an English translation of Zhubilei (1892) a Russian comic one-act play by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) [1]. It is a hilarious study of the celebrations attendant upon the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of a bank, considerably interrupted by the love-affairs of the bank manager.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1953: An English translation was staged by the National Theatre Organisation, directed by Leonard Schach with Edna Jacobson, Robert Lang, Roma Reilly, Molly Seftel and Frank Wise. Décor by Kobus Esterhuysen.

1975: Staged by PACOFS, directed by William Egan, starring Annelize van der Ryst, Tarina Kleyn, Pieter Strydom.

Sources

Nicoll: World Drama, p 683.

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