Grand National Night

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Grand National Night is a play by Campbell Christie [1] (1893-1963) and Dorothy Christie (1896-1990).

The original text

Translations and adaptations

A film based on the play was produced in 1953. Previous to the film version Grand National Night had been presented as a BBC Radio serial.

Performance history in South Africa

1948: Presented by the Brian Brooke Company starring Brian Brooke (who took over from Leo Britt), produced by Anthony Drake.

1950: Presented by the Johannesburg Repertory Players, April. at the Library Theatre, starring Doreen Mantle and Renee Cave-Chinn.

Sources

Brooke 1978. 176.

Trek, 14(5):43, 1950.


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