Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. Written in 1890.
Performance history in South Africa
First performed in South Africa by ***.
Presented in English by the Brian Brooke Company in the Little Theatre, December 1947, produced by Mary Byron. The cast were Petrina Fry, Joan Ross, David Lytton, Brian Brooke.
An Afrikaans version by ** was done by André Huguenet in 193*? (Tr. **?)
Bloemfontein, produced by Bianca de Jager, 1939.
It opened on 24 January 1964 in the Hofmeyr Theatre as CAPAB's first Afrikaans play, directed by Suzanne van Wyk; (tr André P. Brink?*) and toured the Werstern Cape.
In 197* Sandra Prinsloo played Hedda in an Afrikaans PACT production, directed by Francois Swart?*
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by André P. Brink, published by Human & Rousseau, 1974.
Sources
The South African Theatre, Music and Dance 1(1), 1939.
Trek, 12(1):26, 1948.
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