The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold [1] (1889-1981). First produced in London in 1955.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Leonard Schach for the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre, February 1959, with Eveline Garrett, Heather Lloyd-Jones, Eric Messiter and Daphne Riggs. Decor by Bruce Palmer.
Produced by the Brian Brooke Company at the Brooke Theatre, Johannesburg, also in 1959.
Directed by Simon Swindell for CAPAB, opening in the Hofmeyr Theatre on 15 June 1968, after having toured widely in the Cape Province since 30 April, with Yvonne Bryceland (Miss Madrigal), Norman Coombes (Maitland), Cheryl Heath (Laurel), Joyce Bradley (Mrs St Maugham), Shirley Rautenbach (The Applicant), Lorna Robertson (The Nurse), Val Donald (Olivia), Elliot Playfair (The Judge). Set designed by Keith Anderson, stage manager Brian Kennedy.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Teater SA, 1(1), 1968.
The Chalk Garden theatre programme, 1968.
Inskip, 1977. 122.
Tucker, 1997. 122.
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