The Lady's not for Burning
by Christopher Fry. A popular verse play about Joan of Arc. Premiered at the Arts Theatre in London in March 1948, starring Alec Clunes.
Performance history in South Africa
1951: First staged in South Africa by the University Players, starring Philip Birkenshaw, Molly Seftel and Margaret Inglis.
1956: The Arena Theatre Company, with Jenny Gratus, Robert Lang and Will Jamieson),
197*: the Langford-Inglis Company and NAPAC, directed by Margaret Inglis, with Michael Atkinson and Nan Munro),
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Leonard Schach (Helikon, 2(10):65).
Tucker, 1997
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