The Flapper
La Gamine is a French play by
Translated and transported to a South African context by Stephen Black as The Flapper. A direct translation of La Gamine by ****, The translation however was produced as"a new South African play" by a local author living "in Johannesburg".
Produced to contradicting reviews in 1911, with a furore erupting about the authorship.
1917: The play was revived at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, in February, with Stephen Black in the role of "Henry Fenton", supported by Cecil Kellaway, Margaret van Hulsteyn, Dolly Sinclair, Erie Drew, Mabel Morton, Frikkie Paget, Herbert Traynor, Justus Gerard and Lilian Bell.
Stage and Cinema, 4(82):9.)
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