Anna Christie

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Anna Christie (1921) by American playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953).

The original text

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1923

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1940: Jan Bruyns had a role in this play in Cape Town in the early 1940's.

1942: Produced by the Johannesburg Reps in 1942, Directed by André Huguenet, featuring ***, *** and ***, and involving Taubie Kushlick, Louis Jacobson, John Cranko and Cecilia Sonnenberg in the back-stage crew.

1962: Produced by Fred Engelen 1962 in Cape Town under the auspices of the ICTB for the Cape Regional Theatre’s first production in English starring Johan van Zyl, Emile Aucamp, Jannie Lindeque, Morné Coetzer, Frank Wise, Estelle Kohler, Tine Balder, Patrick Mynhardt.

Sources

Helikon, 1(5):96. 1952

Anna Christie theatre programme, 1962-1963

Tucker, 1997. 19.

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