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'''''Dear Ruth''''' is a play by  American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director Norman Krasna [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Krasna] (1909-1984). the play is about an American Junior Miss who wrote a series of passionate letters to an airman in service abroad during the war under her sister's name. Back in America the airman claims Ruth as his bride.
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''[[Dear Ruth[['' is a play by  American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director Norman Krasna [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Krasna] (1909-1984). the play is about an American Junior Miss who wrote a series of passionate letters to an airman in service abroad during the war under her sister's name. Back in America the airman claims Ruth as his bride.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]] at the [[Library Theatre]] in Johannesburg in December 1949, starring [[Anne McMenamin]], [[Lolah Nicholson]] and [[Gordon Gilburt]].
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1949: Presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]] at the [[Library Theatre]] in Johannesburg in December 1949, starring [[Anne McMenamin]], [[Lolah Nicholson]], [[Joyce Beddoe]] (as Martha) and [[Gordon Gilburt]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
''Trek'', 14(1):19. January 1950.
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''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'', 28 November 1949.
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''[[Trek]]'', 14(1):19. January 1950.
  
  

Revision as of 16:43, 5 September 2022

[[Dear Ruth[[ is a play by American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and film director Norman Krasna [1] (1909-1984). the play is about an American Junior Miss who wrote a series of passionate letters to an airman in service abroad during the war under her sister's name. Back in America the airman claims Ruth as his bride.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1949: Presented by the Johannesburg Repertory Players at the Library Theatre in Johannesburg in December 1949, starring Anne McMenamin, Lolah Nicholson, Joyce Beddoe (as Martha) and Gordon Gilburt.

Sources

The Rand Daily Mail, 28 November 1949.

Trek, 14(1):19. January 1950.


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