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Revision as of 08:25, 8 May 2015
Anastasia is a 1952 play by French playwright Marcelle Maurette (1903-1972). Full-length play. Cast: mixed.
About the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901-1918), the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Adapted by Guy Bolton into English from the play by Marcelle Maurette. First published by Samuel French, 1952. First performed in English at the St James Theatre, London, opening 5 August 1953. Filmed in 1956 starring Ingrid Bergman as Anya.
The Bolton adaptation was adapted and translated into Afrikaans by Petrovna Metelerkamp.
Performance history in South Africa
1977: The Afrikaans adaptation by Metelerkamp was staged by PACT in 1977, directed by Francois Swart, with David van der Merwe (Tsjernow), Harriet Pienaar (Warja), Don Lamprecht (Petrowski), Louis van Niekerk (Prins Bounine), Evert Snyman (Sergei), Sandra Prinsloo (Anna), Phillip Swart (Drivinitz), Jan Prinsloo (Sleedrywer), Trudie Taljaard (Skropvrou), John Harley (Oblenski), Wilna Snyman (Oud-Keiserin), Elise Hibbert (Livenbaum), and Etienne Puren (Prins Paul). Decor and costumes by Chris van den Berg.
1979: Presented by KRUIK Toneel in Afrikaans opening 1 September 1979 at the Nico Malan Theatre directed by Pieter Fourie starring Liz Dick (Anna), Marko van der Colff, Brümilda van Rensburg, Johan Malherbe, Schalk Jacobsz, Roger Dwyer, Willem de la Querra, Anna Cloete, Neels Coetzee, Wilna Snyman, Nerina Ferreira, Johan Esterhuizen and Marikie Basson. Decor and costumes by Dicky Longhurst, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell. This production ran at the H.B. Thom Theatre from 27 to 29 September 1979.
Sources
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelle_Maurette
PACT theatre programme, 1977.
CAPAB theatre programme, 1979.
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