The Tragedy of Nan
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The Tragedy of Nan, also known as Nan, first produced in 1908. A play by English poet and writer John Masefield (1875-1967) [1].
It is set in 1810 on a small tenant farm in a village by the river Severn where Nan lives with her uncle and his wife. Her father was hanged for stealing a sheep but tonight there is to be a party and the possibility of love is in the air.
Performance history in South Africa
1945: Presented by the Arnold Reynor Repertory Company in theCathedral Hall, Cape Town, starring Carol Ryker, Carter Ebrahim, José Borez.
Sources
Trek, 10(8) :18, 1945.
http://www.orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/nan-tragedy-nan
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