The Silver Cord
by American playwright Sidney Howard. Full-length. Cast: mixed. A drama about a mother who is pathologically close to her sons and works to undermine their romances, it starred Pauline Lord and was one of the most talked-about plays of the 1926-27 Broadway season.
Performance history in South Africa
Produced for the Brian Brooke Company by Will Jamieson, presented at Cape Town's Hofmeyr Hall in February 1947, starring Dorothy Kendal-Grimston, Will Jamieson, Petrina Fry, Joyce Murcott, Frank Wise.
Translations and adaptations
Afrikaans translation by Herman Steytler: Die Onsigbare Band. Directed by Lily-Jean Satusky for K.A.T. in August 1953.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silver_Cord_(play)
Trek, 11(16):18, 1947.
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