Edward My Son
Edward My Son is a play written in 1947 by South African-born American playwright Noel Langley [1]] (1911-1980) and English actor Robert Morley [2] (1908-1992), about a ruthless businessman and his alcoholic wife.
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Original text
First performed in 1948 in London and New York, with Robert Morley, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian Hunter and Leueen McGrath.
Translations and adaptations
Film version directed by George Cukor with Spencer Tracy and Deborah Kerr and Leueen McGrath. (1949).
Translated into Afrikaans as Edward my seun by Tom Weber
Performance history in South Africa
1950: Presented by Brian Brooke at His Majesty's Theatre, starring Brooke as Arnold holt, Petrina Fry, Michael Marais (as Harry Soames), Brenda Walter.
1950: Performed by the Brian Brooke company in 1950 at the Hofmeyr Theatre, Cape Town, directed by Gabriel Toyne, with Gabriel Toyne, Nigel Hawthorne, Brian Brooke (as Arnold Holt), Petrina Fry, Shaun Sutton and others.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Playbill Vault [3].
Trek, 14(8) August 1950:47.
Brooke 1978. 193-5.
Hawthorne, 2002.
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