Arms and the Man
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Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw. A popular comic satire on war, about a soldier who carried chocolates rather than arms to the front. The source of the comic opera The Chocolate Soldier. * Produced by the Cape Town Repertory Society in the Little Theatre, 28-29 July, 1933, directed by J.E.H. Duckworth. Translated into Afrikaans by *** as Minnaar onder die Wapen ("Lover in Arms") and performed by NTO in 1949, directed by ** and featuring ***with, among others, Pikkie van Niekerk.
In 1991 Blaise Koch was nominated for the Fleur du Cap Best Actor Award for his role in this play.
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