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''A Month in the Country'', Emlyn Williams’s adaptation of Turgenev’s play. Performed in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg and Cape Town's [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1946, with [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]], [[Sidney James]], [[Rolf Lefebvre]], [[Wensley Pithey]], [[C. de Wet Marais]], [[Marda Vanne]], [[John van Eyssen]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]]. Costumes by [[John Dronsfield]].
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''A Month in the Country'', Emlyn Williams’s adaptation of Turgenev’s play. Performed in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg and Cape Town's [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1946, with [[Gwen ffrangçon-Davies]], [[Sidney James]], [[Rolf Lefebvre]], [[Wensley Pithey]], [[C. de Wet Marais]], [[Marda Vanne]], [[John van Eyssen]], [[Zoë Randall]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Gert van den Bergh]]. Costumes by [[John Dronsfield]].
  
 
In 1969 a [[PACT]] production, presented in the Emlyn Williams version, directed by [[Leonard Schach]], with  [[Kerry Jordan]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[John Hayter]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Frank Douglass]] and [[Vivienne Drummond]]. Designs by [[Graham Brown]].
 
In 1969 a [[PACT]] production, presented in the Emlyn Williams version, directed by [[Leonard Schach]], with  [[Kerry Jordan]], [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[John Hayter]], [[Erica Rogers]], [[Frank Douglass]] and [[Vivienne Drummond]]. Designs by [[Graham Brown]].

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Mesiats v derevne, a comedy in five acts by Russian playwright Ivan Turgenev. It was written in France between 1848 and 1850 and was first published in 1855. The play was not staged until 1872, when it was given as a benefit performance for the Moscow actress E N Vasilyeva, who was keen to play the leading role of Natalya Petrovna.

South African productions include:

A Month in the Country, Emlyn Williams’s adaptation of Turgenev’s play. Performed in the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg and Cape Town's Alhambra Theatre in 1946, with Gwen ffrangçon-Davies, Sidney James, Rolf Lefebvre, Wensley Pithey, C. de Wet Marais, Marda Vanne, John van Eyssen, Zoë Randall, Siegfried Mynhardt, Gert van den Bergh. Costumes by John Dronsfield.

In 1969 a PACT production, presented in the Emlyn Williams version, directed by Leonard Schach, with Kerry Jordan, Siegfried Mynhardt, John Hayter, Erica Rogers, Frank Douglass and Vivienne Drummond. Designs by Graham Brown.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Month_in_the_Country_(play)

South African Opinion, 3(4):23; Trek, 11(3):18, 1946.

Teater SA, 1(4), 1969).

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.

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