La Dama Duende

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La Dama Duende (c 1629), a comedy by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681).

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as The Phantom Lady by Edwin Honig. Published in Four plays by Calderon de la Barca. Hill and Wang (New York), 1961.

Another translation into English is entitled The Fairy Lady.

Translated into Afrikaans by Jocelyn de Bruyn, as Kom Spook By My ("Come haunt me").

Performance history in South Africa

Kom Spook By My directed by Peter Kleinschmidt for CAPAB, opening in the Hofmeyr Theatre on 30 March 1968. Cast: Percy Sieff, Johan Malherbe, Lerina C. Erasmus, Christine Basson, Pieter Fourie, Glynn Day, Woutrine Theron, Dawid van der Walt. This production toured the Western and Northern Cape during April 1968 and played at the H.B. Thom Theatre from 2 to 4 May 1968.

Kom Spook By My directed by Jannie Gildenhuys for PACOFS, opening 5 March 1969 in the Bloemfontein Stadskouburg. Décor and costumes by Limpie Basson. The cast: Bennie Janeke, Johan Malherbe, Neels Coetzee, Maryann Johnston, Carmen Haddad, Ernst Eloff, Johan Botha, Helena Myburgh.

Sources

Teater SA, 1(1), 1968; Teater SA, 1(4), 1969.


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