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| − | ''[[Ninotchka]]'' is a | + | ''[[Ninotchka]]'' is a stage version of the film script by the Hungarian playwright and screenwriter Melchior Lengyel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_Lengyel] (1880-1974). |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
| − | The original idea for a romantic comedy about a Russian spymaster who falls in love on a visit to Paris, was proposed by Melchior Lengyel in 1937, then converted to a screen play for | + | The original idea for a romantic comedy about a Russian spymaster who falls in love on a visit to Paris, was proposed by Melchior Lengyel in 1937, then converted to a screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder for ''[[Ninotchka]]'' (1939), starring Greta Garbo. Melchior won an Oscar for his original story. |
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Adapted into an [[Afrikaans]] stage play by ** under the title ''[[Nina, Verlief in Parys]]'' ("Nina in love in Paris"). | Adapted into an [[Afrikaans]] stage play by ** under the title ''[[Nina, Verlief in Parys]]'' ("Nina in love in Paris"). | ||
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== South African performances == | == South African performances == | ||
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| − | 1953: Produced by [[NTO]] in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Nina, Verlief in Parys]]'', playing for 63 performances. Directed by **, with [[Petro van der Walt]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], **. | + | 1953: Produced by [[NTO]] in [[Afrikaans]] as a stage play entitled ''[[Nina, Verlief in Parys]]'', playing for 63 performances. Directed by **, with [[Petro van der Walt]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], **. |
Revision as of 06:38, 1 April 2016
Ninotchka is a stage version of the film script by the Hungarian playwright and screenwriter Melchior Lengyel [1] (1880-1974).
The original text
The original idea for a romantic comedy about a Russian spymaster who falls in love on a visit to Paris, was proposed by Melchior Lengyel in 1937, then converted to a screen play by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder for Ninotchka (1939), starring Greta Garbo. Melchior won an Oscar for his original story.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into an Afrikaans stage play by ** under the title Nina, Verlief in Parys ("Nina in love in Paris").
Adapted to the stage musical 1955 Broadway musical Silk Stockings, and filmed under this title in 1957.
South African performances
1953: Produced by NTO in Afrikaans as a stage play entitled Nina, Verlief in Parys, playing for 63 performances. Directed by **, with Petro van der Walt, Gerrit Wessels, **.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninotchka
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031725/
Rinie Stead, 1985b
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