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