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| − | ''A Doll House''by Henrik Ibsen. The classic realist play was first produced in English in South Africa in 1925, directed by C.G.S. (“Con”) de Villiers with the [[Unie-debatsvereniging]], University of Stellenbosch, [??]*** . ****Other versions include **, A Doll’s House. Dir by [[Clare Stopford]], Upstairs at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1990. Originally translated into Afrikaans by Mrs Carinus-Holzhausen as [[Geleende Geld]] ("Borrowed Money") and produced by [[Paul de Groot]], with De Groot as Nils Krogstad, [[Hélèna Botha]] as Nora, [[André Huguenet]] as Torvald Helmer and [[Henry van Wyk]] as Dr Rank. Utilising the notorious version with the "happy ending" it opened in Caledon in February 1929, receiving varied criticism on tour – with moral indignation at Nora’s desertion of her husband on the one hand, and criticism of the happy ending from informed critics on the other. Ultimately however it still played for 200 performenaces. (See Binge, 1969; Huguenet 19*) Later produced by [[NTO]] as ''[[Die Poppehuis]]'', in a new translation by **. | + | ''A Doll House''by Henrik Ibsen. The classic realist play was first produced in English in South Africa in 1925, directed by C.G.S. (“Con”) de Villiers with the [[Unie-debatsvereniging]], University of Stellenbosch, [??]*** . ****Other versions include **, A Doll’s House. Dir by [[Clare Stopford]], Upstairs at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1990. Originally translated into Afrikaans by Mrs [[A.E.Carinus-Holzhausen|Carinus-Holzhausen]] as [[Geleende Geld]] ("Borrowed Money") and produced by [[Paul de Groot]], with De Groot as Nils Krogstad, [[Hélèna Botha]] as Nora, [[André Huguenet]] as Torvald Helmer and [[Henry van Wyk]] as Dr Rank. Utilising the notorious version with the "happy ending" it opened in Caledon in February 1929, receiving varied criticism on tour – with moral indignation at Nora’s desertion of her husband on the one hand, and criticism of the happy ending from informed critics on the other. Ultimately however it still played for 200 performenaces. (See Binge, 1969; Huguenet 19*) Later produced by [[NTO]] as ''[[Die Poppehuis]]'', in a new translation by **. |
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A Doll Houseby Henrik Ibsen. The classic realist play was first produced in English in South Africa in 1925, directed by C.G.S. (“Con”) de Villiers with the Unie-debatsvereniging, University of Stellenbosch, [??]*** . ****Other versions include **, A Doll’s House. Dir by Clare Stopford, Upstairs at the Market Theatre in 1990. Originally translated into Afrikaans by Mrs Carinus-Holzhausen as Geleende Geld ("Borrowed Money") and produced by Paul de Groot, with De Groot as Nils Krogstad, Hélèna Botha as Nora, André Huguenet as Torvald Helmer and Henry van Wyk as Dr Rank. Utilising the notorious version with the "happy ending" it opened in Caledon in February 1929, receiving varied criticism on tour – with moral indignation at Nora’s desertion of her husband on the one hand, and criticism of the happy ending from informed critics on the other. Ultimately however it still played for 200 performenaces. (See Binge, 1969; Huguenet 19*) Later produced by NTO as Die Poppehuis, in a new translation by **.
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