Difference between revisions of "The Late Christopher Bean"
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== Performance history of the Williams version in South Africa == | == Performance history of the Williams version in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1942: | + | 1942: The version by Emlyn Williams was performed by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], 1942. |
| − | 1946: Performed by an amateur group in Camps Bay, led by [[Mary Fenton]]. The play was directed by a visiting British sailor, with | + | 1946: Performed by an amateur group in Camps Bay, led by [[Mary Fenton]]. The play was directed by a visiting British sailor, with [[Mary Fenton]] in the lead and a 17 year old [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in the cast. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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''The Forum'', 5(1), 1942. p 18. | ''The Forum'', 5(1), 1942. p 18. | ||
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| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 19. | ||
[[Nigel Hawthorne|Hawthorne]], 2002, p.56 | [[Nigel Hawthorne|Hawthorne]], 2002, p.56 | ||
Revision as of 11:40, 6 November 2015
A comedy by René Fauchois (Prenez garde à la peinture, 1932). It exists in two English versions: an American adaptation by Sidney Howard (1932) and an UK version by Emlyn Williams (1933). The London production of William's version starred Edith Evans and Cedric Hardwicke.
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Performance history of the Williams version in South Africa
1942: The version by Emlyn Williams was performed by the Johannesburg Repertory Society, 1942.
1946: Performed by an amateur group in Camps Bay, led by Mary Fenton. The play was directed by a visiting British sailor, with Mary Fenton in the lead and a 17 year old Nigel Hawthorne in the cast.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Christopher_Bean
The Forum, 5(1), 1942. p 18.
Tucker, 1997. 19.
Hawthorne, 2002, p.56
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