The Nuns
The Nuns is a sinister comedy by Cuban writer Eduardo Manet (1930- ) [1]. The play, written in 1969, is set in Haiti at the time of the first Negro revolt of 1804.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Robert Baldick in 1970.
Performance history in South Africa
1972: Presented by PACT at the Arena Theatre, Johannesburg, directed by Norman Coombes, starring Ken Leach, Nigel Vermaas and Frantz Dobrowsky.
Directed by Rudy Nadler-Nir (who took over the direction after the death of Robert Mohr) at the Little Theatre, 5-19 May 1984 starring Gideon de Wet (Sister Ines), Michael Williams (Mother Superior), Rodney Mark Venner (Sister Angela), Rachel Browne (Seneora). Designer A. Samsodien, lighting Pip Marshall, costumes by Jeff Smith.
Sources
PACT Newsletter, September 1972.
The Nuns theatre programme, 1984.
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