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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1972: Presented by [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Norman Coombes]], starring [[Nigel Vermaas]] (Mother Superior), [[Ken Leach]] (Sister Angela), [[Frantz Dobrowsky]] (Sister Inez) and [[Sue Kiel]] (The Senora).
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1973: [[Die Nonne]], the [[Mees Xteen|Xteen]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was staged in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], directed by [[Mees Xteen]].
 
1973: [[Die Nonne]], the [[Mees Xteen|Xteen]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was staged in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], directed by [[Mees Xteen]].
  
 
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1984: Directed by [[Rudy Nadler-Nir]] (who took over the direction after the death of [[Robert Mohr]]) at the [[Little Theatre]], 5-19 May 1984 starring [[Gideon de Wet]] (Sister Ines), [[Michael Williams]] (Mother Superior), [[Rodney Mark Venner]] (Sister Angela), [[Rachel Browne]] (Seneora). Designer [[A. Samsodien]], lighting [[Pip Marshall]], costumes by [[Jeff Smith]].
1972: Presented by [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Norman Coombes]], starring [[Ken Leach]], [[Nigel Vermaas]] and [[Frantz Dobrowsky]].
 
 
 
Directed by [[Rudy Nadler-Nir]] (who took over the direction after the death of [[Robert Mohr]]) at the [[Little Theatre]], 5-19 May 1984 starring [[Gideon de Wet]] (Sister Ines), [[Michael Williams]] (Mother Superior), [[Rodney Mark Venner]] (Sister Angela), [[Rachel Browne]] (Seneora). Designer [[A. Samsodien]], lighting [[Pip Marshall]], costumes by [[Jeff Smith]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/Eduardo-Manet-Les-Nonnes-Poche-Montparnasse/dp/B00DGTDSO2]
 
Amazon [http://www.amazon.com/Eduardo-Manet-Les-Nonnes-Poche-Montparnasse/dp/B00DGTDSO2]
  
[[Nico Malan Theatre]] pamphlet, February 1973.
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[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1972.
  
 
[[PACT]] Newsletter, September 1972.
 
[[PACT]] Newsletter, September 1972.
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[[Nico Malan Theatre]] pamphlet, February 1973.
  
 
''The Nuns'' theatre programme, 1984.
 
''The Nuns'' theatre programme, 1984.
  
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[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:57, 14 September 2015

Les Nonnes (French: "The Nuns") is a sinister 1969 comedy by Cuban playwright and novelist Eduardo Manet (1930- ) [1], who writes in French and lives in Paris. The play is set in Haiti at the time of the first Negro revolt of 1804.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

The play has been translated into more than twenty languages.

Translated into English as The Nuns by Robert Baldick (1927-1972) [2] in 1970.

Translated from the English into Afrikaans as Die Nonne, by Mees Xteen in 1973.

Performance history in South Africa

1972: Presented by PACT at the Arena Theatre, Johannesburg, directed by Norman Coombes, starring Nigel Vermaas (Mother Superior), Ken Leach (Sister Angela), Frantz Dobrowsky (Sister Inez) and Sue Kiel (The Senora).

1973: Die Nonne, the Xteen Afrikaans translation was staged in the Hofmeyr Theatre, directed by Mees Xteen.

1984: Directed by Rudy Nadler-Nir (who took over the direction after the death of Robert Mohr) at the Little Theatre, 5-19 May 1984 starring Gideon de Wet (Sister Ines), Michael Williams (Mother Superior), Rodney Mark Venner (Sister Angela), Rachel Browne (Seneora). Designer A. Samsodien, lighting Pip Marshall, costumes by Jeff Smith.

Sources

Amazon [3]

PACT theatre programme, 1972.

PACT Newsletter, September 1972.

Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet, February 1973.

The Nuns theatre programme, 1984.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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