L'Avare
L'Avare by Molière (1668).
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Translations
Translated into English as The Miser,
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Vrek by A.F.H. van Dijk
Production history in South Africa
In the original French
Presented in Cape Town in 1945 by Cercle des Amis de la Langue Francaise, with Maurice Pinson as "Herpagon". Décor by André Salesse.
In English
1964: Done as The Miser by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke for PACT in 1964, with Siegfried Mynhardt, it ran for twenty weeks.
In Afrikaans
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Vrek by A.F.H. van Dijk, it was first produced by NTO in 1951, directed by Suzanne van Wyk, with Siegfried Mynhardt in the lead role and Anna Cloete as Frosine, playing for 206 nights. The cast also included Michal Grobbelaar, Gert van den Berg and Dulsie Smit. Isabel Pienaar, Enone van den Bergh, Emgee pretorius, Jacques Loots, Anna cloete, James Norval, Tromp Terre'Blanche, Dan Welman. Decor and costumes Ronnie Philip. (NTO programme, 1951)
Done in Windhoek by SWAPAC in 19**.
Sources
Trek, 10(10):18, 1945.
Lantern, 1(3):150-151. June 1951 and 1(5):520-523.
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