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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Afrikaans translation by [[Ben de Koker]]: ''[[Moord in Mooihawe]]''. | + | [[Afrikaans]] translation by [[Ben de Koker]]: ''[[Moord in Mooihawe]]''. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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1947: Presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]], produced by [[Will Jamieson]], [[Hofmeyr Hall]], in March, with [[Petrina Fry]], [[Dorothea Gibson]], [[Don Howie]], [[Brigid Gibbings]] and others. | 1947: Presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]], produced by [[Will Jamieson]], [[Hofmeyr Hall]], in March, with [[Petrina Fry]], [[Dorothea Gibson]], [[Don Howie]], [[Brigid Gibbings]] and others. | ||
| − | 1965: Staged by Brickhill-Burke Productions, directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]], with | + | 1965: Staged by [[Brickhill-Burke Productions]], directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]], with [[Annabel Linder]] (Lucy), [[Marjorie Gordon]] (Leonora Fiske), [[Edna Jacobson]] (Ellen Creed), |
Revision as of 06:32, 19 June 2015
Ladies in Retirement, a 1940 Broadway play by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham. The play starred Flora Robson in the lead role. Full-length. Cast: mixed.
Translations and adaptations
Afrikaans translation by Ben de Koker: Moord in Mooihawe.
Performance history in South Africa
1942: Produced by Mary Holder for the Combined Dramatic Societies of Cape Town in the Little Theatre, with Margot Lassner (Ellen Creed), Violet Dunlop (Emily Creed), Estelle de Villiers, Minna Millsten (Leonora Fiske), Basil Warner (Albert), Pera Miller and Nell Angles.
1945: Produced by Margaret Inglis for the Munro-Inglis Company, starring Taubie Kushlick as Leonora Fiske.
1947: Presented by the Brian Brooke Company, produced by Will Jamieson, Hofmeyr Hall, in March, with Petrina Fry, Dorothea Gibson, Don Howie, Brigid Gibbings and others.
1965: Staged by Brickhill-Burke Productions, directed by Joan Brickhill and Louis Burke, with Annabel Linder (Lucy), Marjorie Gordon (Leonora Fiske), Edna Jacobson (Ellen Creed),
1965: Presented by University Theatre Stellenbosch.
Sources
Trek, 22 May 1942, 18.
South African Opinion, 2(4):23, 1945; 4(2):20, 1947.
Brickhill-Burke theatre programme (undated).
UTS theatre pamphlet
Performing Arts, HSRC, 1972.
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