The Climax

The Climax is a play in three acts by Edward Locke ()[], with incidental music by Joseph Carl Breil (1870 - 1926)[1].

This play has also been ascribed to both Clifford Bax (1886-1962)[2] and Paul Géraldy (1885-1983)[3] by various South African sources.

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Nagtegaal ("The Nightingale") by ** in 19**.

Produced by André Huguenet in 194* with a predominantly male cast plus a very young Sandra van der Merwe as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and Johan Nell.

Sources

Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax" Sheet music – January 1, 1909. (Author) Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax", Sheet music – Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York (January 1, 1909) January 1, 1909

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Bax

Filma (Kultuur), January 1946. 18.

According to a list of productions by Huguenet in the Oedipus Rex theatre programme (1956) The Climax is ascribed to French playwright Paul Géraldy (1885-1983)[4].

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