Rain

Rain by Somerset Maugham. First appeared as a short story titled Sadie Thompson, - a portrayal of conflict between carnal and spiritual love which in its ultimate expression turns out to be the same thing. Presented at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, by an amateur company, March 1944. The cast included Elizabeth Renfield, Simon Freeman.

The adaptation by John Colton and Clemence Randolph presented by CAPAB in the Nico Malan Theatre in June 1983, directed by Ken Leach, with Roger Dwyer, Jana Cilliers, Diane Wilson.

Sources

South African Opinion, 1(2) 1944, 23

Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet June-July 1983

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