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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. | 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 | + | 1963: Translated into [[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 by [[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 into 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 by 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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