Onderdrukte Begeertes
Suppressed Desires is a short play by George Cram Cook (1873 – 1924) and Susan Glaspell (1876 – 1948)
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The original text
Originally produced by the Provincetown Players, New York City on July 15, 1915 with Susan Glaspell (as Henrietta Brewster), George Cram Cook (as Stephen Brewster) and Mary Pyne (as Mabel).
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Onderdrukte Begeertes ("Suppressed desires") by Marie Malherbe.
Performance history in South Africa
1960: Staged in Afrikaans as Onderdrukte Begeertes by the newly formed Libertas Theatre Club (Libertas Teaterklub) in the Denneoord Saal, Stellenbosch, in September 1960. Directed by Piet van Straaten, with Marie van Heerden, Fred Roux and Maxie Liebenberg, it was one of three one-act plays performed that evening for the inauguration of the club. (The other plays were Die Vreemde Besoeker and The Goldfish.)
Sources
https://www.paloverde.edu/academics/pa/theatre/docs/Suppressed%20Desires.pdf
Earlier history and productions: Marie van Heerden's personal collection of photographs, newspaper clippings and theatre programmes.
http://www.kleinlibertasteater.co.za/
Betty de Wet article in Eikestadnuus, September. 1960.
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