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Adapted for film in 1947, produced by Warner Brothers, screenplay by Thomas Job, directed by Peter Godfrey and featuring Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, and Alexis Smith. | Adapted for film in 1947, produced by Warner Brothers, screenplay by Thomas Job, directed by Peter Godfrey and featuring Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, and Alexis Smith. | ||
| − | Translated into Dutch as | + | Translated into [[Dutch]] as ''[[De twee vrouwen van mr. Carroll]]'' and performed by Paul de Groot's company in the Netherlands, 1936. |
| − | The play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Ignatius Mocke]] entitled ''Gevaarlike Huwelik''. | + | The play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Ignatius Mocke]] entitled ''[[Gevaarlike Huwelik]]''. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 30 September 2022
The Two Mrs. Carrolls is a 1935 play by Martin Vale (the pen-name of Marguerite Veiller, 1883-1969) [1].
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The original text
A suspenseful play about an attempted murder set in the South of France before World War 2. Originally written as a three-act play, performed in 1935 and published by George Allen & Unwin in 1936.
Later reworked as a two act play and published by Samuel French in 1951.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted for film in 1947, produced by Warner Brothers, screenplay by Thomas Job, directed by Peter Godfrey and featuring Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, and Alexis Smith.
Translated into Dutch as De twee vrouwen van mr. Carroll and performed by Paul de Groot's company in the Netherlands, 1936.
The play was translated into Afrikaans by Ignatius Mocke entitled Gevaarlike Huwelik.
Performance history in South Africa
193*: Performed in Bloemfontein during the 1930s, starring Aubrey Gallow.
1935: Gevaarlike Huwelik was performed by the André Huguenet Company in 1935, with Paula Styger and Lydia Lindeque.
1937: Presented by the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society at the Little Theatre in December, directed by George Vollaire.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Mrs._Carrolls
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423357/
The South African Theatre, Music and Dance, 1(1), 1939.
Helikon, 2(9):10.
Geleende Vere programme notes.
Inskip, 1972. p.122.
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