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| − | '' | + | Originally called ''Gas Light'', it is a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton. The two filmed versions introduced the current spelling, |
| + | Filmed twice in the 1940s. The first, a British film, was made in 1940 and directed by Thorold Dickinson, starring Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard and Frank Pettingell. Then another version in 1944 by MGM, directed by George Cukor (1944 - with Ingrid bergman, Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury). | ||
| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | Gaslight performed by the [[Langford-Inglis]] company in 1962, | ||
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| + | Translated into Afrikaans by [[Pierre de Wet]] as ''[[Satansloon]]'' ("Satan's Payment") and produced by his company in 1942. Later made into a film by the same name. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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Revision as of 09:55, 18 September 2013
Originally called Gas Light, it is a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton. The two filmed versions introduced the current spelling,
Filmed twice in the 1940s. The first, a British film, was made in 1940 and directed by Thorold Dickinson, starring Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard and Frank Pettingell. Then another version in 1944 by MGM, directed by George Cukor (1944 - with Ingrid bergman, Charles Boyer and Angela Lansbury).
Performance history in South Africa
Gaslight performed by the Langford-Inglis company in 1962,
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Pierre de Wet as Satansloon ("Satan's Payment") and produced by his company in 1942. Later made into a film by the same name.
Sources
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
Return to
Return to Main Page
Return to G in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
Return to G in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
