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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
1953: January (1997) writes that a full-length English play entitled ''[[Mr Sleeman is coming]]'' by [[Denis Rhodes Granger]] was produced for the [[Worcester Dramatic Society]] in 1953, directed by Granger himself. This is most probably a mistake and the play used was the English translation of the Bergman one-act play.  
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1953: January (1997) writes that a full-length English play entitled ''[[Mr Sleeman is Coming]]'' by [[Denis Rhodes Granger]] was produced for the [[Worcester Dramatic Society]] in 1953, directed by Granger himself. This is most probably a mistake and the play used was the English translation of the Bergman one-act play.  
  
 
1963: Translated in to [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Meneer Sleeman Kom]]'' (most probably from the English) by  [[Leonora Nel]]. This version first produced by [[PACT]] , as a double bill with ''[[Die Skuld van Oedipus]]'', in 1963, in the Pretoria [[Breytenbach Theatre|National Theatre]].  Directed [[Leonora Nel]], with [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]],  [[Leonora Nel]], [[Vicki Vosloo]]/[[Phyllis Punt]], [[Ernst Eloff]] and [[Jannie Gildenhuys]].
 
1963: Translated in to [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Meneer Sleeman Kom]]'' (most probably from the English) by  [[Leonora Nel]]. This version first produced by [[PACT]] , as a double bill with ''[[Die Skuld van Oedipus]]'', in 1963, in the Pretoria [[Breytenbach Theatre|National Theatre]].  Directed [[Leonora Nel]], with [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]],  [[Leonora Nel]], [[Vicki Vosloo]]/[[Phyllis Punt]], [[Ernst Eloff]] and [[Jannie Gildenhuys]].

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A Swedish one-act play (English: Mr. Sleeman Is Coming), by Hjalmar Bergman. The tale of an orphaned young woman, urged by her aunts to marry a rich old man.

Performance history in South Africa

Translations and adaptations

1953: January (1997) writes that a full-length English play entitled Mr Sleeman is Coming by Denis Rhodes Granger was produced for the Worcester Dramatic Society in 1953, directed by Granger himself. This is most probably a mistake and the play used was the English translation of the Bergman one-act play.

1963: Translated in to Afrikaans as Meneer Sleeman Kom (most probably from the English) by Leonora Nel. This version first produced by PACT , as a double bill with Die Skuld van Oedipus, in 1963, in the Pretoria National Theatre. Directed Leonora Nel, with Kita Redelinghuijs, Leonora Nel, Vicki Vosloo/Phyllis Punt, Ernst Eloff and Jannie Gildenhuys.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Sleeman_Is_Coming

PACT Report 1963/64.

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