The Late Christopher Bean
A comedy by René Fauchois (Prenez garde à la peinture, 1932). It exists in two English versions: an American adaptation by Sidney Howard (1932) and an UK version by Emlyn Williams (1933). The London production of William's version starred Edith Evans and Cedric Hardwicke.
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Performance history of the Williams version in South Africa
1942: Performed by the Johannesburg Repertory Society, 1942.
1946: Performed by an amateur group in Camps Bay, led by Mary Fenton. The play was directed by a visiting British sailor, with Mary Fenton in the lead and a 17 year old Nigel Hawthorne in the cast.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Christopher_Bean
The Forum, 5(1), 1942. p 18.
Hawthorne, 2002, p.56
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