Les Chaises
Les Chaises (1952), a tragic farce by Eugène Ionesco. Immensely popular absurdist play about non-communication.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated from the French into English as The Chairs by Richard Daneel.
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Stoele by Uys Krige/Bartho Smit/Andre P Brink??***, it was produced by ** in 19**.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Richard Daneel for the NTO Kamertoneel in 1959 starring himself, David Herbert and Wilma Stockenström . Decor by Frank Graves. Stage manager Athol Fugard.
A Don Maguire Production in 1979 featured The Chairs and The Lesson in An Evening with Ionesco at the Baxter Theatre Studio. Directed by Don Maguire, the cast included Barbara Maguire, Richard Farmer and Don Maguire.
Sources
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
Lantern, 9(2):192-197. Dec 1959.
The Chairs theatre programme, 1959.
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