French Without Tears

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French Without Tears is a comic play written by British dramatist Terence Rattigan [1], (1911-1977) in 1936.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

It was made into a film of the same name in 1940, directed by Anthony Asquith.

Performance history in South Africa

1941: Mary Holder directed a production of the Cape Town Combined Dramatic Societies at the Little Theatre in May.

1942. Troop show Johannesburg Repertory Society.

Staged by the Anchor Players in the Recreation Hall in the East Yard, Simon's Town between 1947 and 1957.

Produced by Brian Brooke, 1948, starring Anthony Drake.

Sources

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Without_Tears ].

Inskip, 1972. p.126.

Brooke 1978. p. 178.

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