In Theatre Street

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Crépuscule du Théâtre is a French play by H.R. Lenormand (Henri-René Lenormand, 1882-1951).

Not to be confused with a South African play called Crépuscule by Can Themba (19

The original text

Originally written in French and first produced in the Théâtre des Arts, Paris on 14 December, 1934 and published in 1935, the play could be seen as propaganda on behalf of the stage against the cinema.

Performance history in South Africa

1946: Presented by the Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society, produced by Donald Inskip in the Little Theatre, October 1946, with Sybil Dee, Sidney Wray, E. Clifford Jones, Dorothy Kendal-Grimston, Alfred Faclier, Werner Ochs, Shelagh Cox, Helene van Heerden, Hugh White, Norman Kaye, John Becker.

1950: Performed by the East Rand Theatre Club in 1950. Directed by Leontine Sagan.

Translations and adaptations

Translated from the French into English as In Theatre Street by Ashley Dukes [1], published in Famous Plays of 1937 (Samuel French in New York, and Victor Gollancz in London).

A play called Jul 2015 – A play

       By Can Themba adapted for the stage and directed by Khayelihle Dom Gumede with Kate Liquorish as "Janet", Leroy Gopal as "Can", Conrad Kemp as "Malcolm", Lerato Mvelase as "Baby/Kleinboy", Nhlanhla Mahlangu as "Stan" and Thami Ngoma as "Ous Lethabo/Mama Dora/Sis".

Sources

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/Theatre-Street-Play-Two-Parts-English/1139058742/bd

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama Volume 1 (edited by Stanley Hochman) p. 260[2]

South African Opinion, 3(9):20, 1946.

Trek, 11(8):18, 1946.

Tucker, 1997.

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