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| − | ''[[Gas Light]]'' is a play by [[Patrick Hamilton]].
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| − | It was originally titled ''[[Gas Light]]'', but the two filmed versions of the play introduced the current spelling of ''[[Gaslight]]''.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | The play is a study of a villain who, having murdered an elderly relative years before, now seeks to drive his wife mad. Justice intervenes eventually.
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| − | The original play premiered in London in December 1938 and ran for six months. It opened in New York with the title ''[[Angel Street]]'' and premiered on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on 5 December 1941, transferred to the Bijou Theatre on 2 October 1944, and closed on 30 December 1944 after 1295 performances.
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| − | Filmed twice in the 1940s, both times with the title ''[[Gaslight]]''. The first, a British film, was made in 1940 and directed by Thorold Dickinson, starring Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard and Frank Pettingell. Then another, more famous, ersion was made in 1944 by MGM, directed by George Cukor with Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Pierre de Wet]] as ''[[Satansloon]]'' ("Satan's Payment") and produced by his company in 1942.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1941: Produced by [[Robert Quentin]] at the [[Little Theatre]] for the [[Combined Dramatic Societies of Cape Town]] in 1941. With [[Walter Paterson]], [[Eirwen Llewelyn Jones]], [[George Royle]], set designer [[Cecil Pym]], lighting by [[H. Lerner]].
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| − | 1942: [[Margaret Inglis]], using a small group of amateur players from Modderfontein Dynamite Factory presented a performance of the play in 1942, herself playing the lead.
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| − | 1942: Performed in Afrikaans as ''[[Satansloon]]'' by [[Teatergroep]], directed by and starring [[Pierre de Wet]], with [[Berdine Grünewald]], [[Paula Styger]], [[James Norval]] and [[Anna Cloete]].
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| − | 1954: Presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, starring English actor Emrys Jones [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emrys_Jones_(actor)] (1915-1972) and [[Petrina Fry]].
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| − | 1962: Performed by the [[Langford-Inglis Company]] at the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg.
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| − | 1967: In April 1967 the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] staged a production in [[The Cellar]] in Stellenbosch, directed by [[Piet van Straaten]], with [[Marie van Heerden]] (Bella), [[Piet van Straaten]] (Jack), [[Louise Brower]] (Elizabeth), [[Cynthia Lambrechts]] (Nancy), [[Gerhard Roux]] (Rough), [[Peter Viljoen]] (Man 1) and [[Boela Holloway]] (Man 2).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Light
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| − | ''Trek'', 5 December 1941, 20.
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| − | ''The Forum'', 5(8), 1942. p 18.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography Bri-Bru|Brooke]] 1978. 247.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 18, 169.
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| − | Programme [[Alexander Theatre]]. No 166 September, 1963.
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