The Gioconda Smile
The Gioconda Smile a play in three acts by Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), a Huxley short story and film before becoming a play. Opened at the Lyceum Theater, New York City, October 7, 1950. After for 41 performances, the play went on tour. Produced and staged by Shepard Traube. Published by Samuel French, 1948.
In South Africa the play was produced by the Brian Brooke Company in 1949 or 1950. In 1953 directed for the Johannesburg Repertory Society by Minna Schneier who was replaced by Shirley Wakefield when she left to give birth to her daughter Cara.
It was translated into Afrikaans by A.J.B. de Klerk as Die Glimlag van 'n Vrou and produced by K.A.T. in March 1950 under the direction of Helene de Klerk and Marguerite I. Murray.
Sources
http://www.basilrathbone.net/theater/gioconda/gioconda.htm
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