The Anniversary (by Anton Chekhov)
An English translation of Zhubilei by Anton Chekhov. A hilarious study of the celebrations attendant upon the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of a bank, considerably interrupted by the love-affairs of the bank manager.
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The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Produced in English by the National Theatre Organisation in 1953. Directed by Leonard Schach with Edna Jacobson, Robert Lang, Roma Reilly, Molly Seftel and Frank Wise. Décor by Kobus Esterhuysen.
PACOFS, 1975, directed by William Egan, starring Annelize van der Ryst, Tarina Kleyn, Pieter Strydom. (Which of the above?)
Sources
Nicoll: World Drama, p 683.
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