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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1935: Presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]], | + | 1935: Presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]], directed by [[Marjoerie Southwell-Sander]] in June. |
1941: Produced by Pienaar and presented by the speech-training students of the University of Cape Town, featuring [[Hester Potgieter]], [[Juliana Oosthuizen]], [[Lily Sarembock]], [[Grace Bernberg]]. Décor devised by Décor Club, executed by [[Cecil Pym]]. First night Sept 18 1941. | 1941: Produced by Pienaar and presented by the speech-training students of the University of Cape Town, featuring [[Hester Potgieter]], [[Juliana Oosthuizen]], [[Lily Sarembock]], [[Grace Bernberg]]. Décor devised by Décor Club, executed by [[Cecil Pym]]. First night Sept 18 1941. | ||
1945: Produced in English by [[Dorothy Kendal Grimston]] for the [[Rondebosch Parish Dramatic Society]], 1945. Cast [[Madeleine Legge]], [[Gordon Bridger]], [[Diana Johnson]], [[James March]], [[Pat Embling]] and [[Nan Hobson]]. | 1945: Produced in English by [[Dorothy Kendal Grimston]] for the [[Rondebosch Parish Dramatic Society]], 1945. Cast [[Madeleine Legge]], [[Gordon Bridger]], [[Diana Johnson]], [[James March]], [[Pat Embling]] and [[Nan Hobson]]. | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 09:32, 7 August 2017
Sixteen is a play by Aimée (1887-1981) and Philip Stuart wriiten in 1943. It is the study of the impact on an adolescent girl of her mother’s remarriage.
Contents
The original text
Some sources state the date of the play as 194* but there is evidence that it had already been published in 1934. [1]. This is supported by the fact that the play was produced in Cape Town in 1935 by the Little Theatre Players.
Translations and adaptations
It was translated and given a South African topography by Leonie Pienaar, entitled Sestien.
Performance history in South Africa
1935: Presented by the Little Theatre Players at the Little Theatre, directed by Marjoerie Southwell-Sander in June.
1941: Produced by Pienaar and presented by the speech-training students of the University of Cape Town, featuring Hester Potgieter, Juliana Oosthuizen, Lily Sarembock, Grace Bernberg. Décor devised by Décor Club, executed by Cecil Pym. First night Sept 18 1941.
1945: Produced in English by Dorothy Kendal Grimston for the Rondebosch Parish Dramatic Society, 1945. Cast Madeleine Legge, Gordon Bridger, Diana Johnson, James March, Pat Embling and Nan Hobson.
Sources
Inskip, 1972. p.120.
Trek, 26 September 1941, 19.
Trek, 19(12):24, 1945.
IMDb [2].
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