Dangerous Corner

Dangerous Corner by J.B. Priestley. An ingenious murder mystery?*, written in 1931. Produced in South Africa by the Johannesburg REPS under contract to African Consolidated Theatres in 1932. The production was mounted in His Majesty’s Theatre, and although only £12 was earned, the production was seen as an important recognition of the quality of work done by the amateur society.

Johannesburg Repertory Society, Standard Theatre, 1946. In the original London production Flora Robson played Olwyn Peel. Here played by Wendy Hardy Lezard. Also starring Llorrine Scotts, Michael Dudley, produced by Anna Romaine Hofman.

Produced by NTO in 1956.

Sources

South African Opinion, 3(7):23-4, 1946.

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