Roméo et Jeanette

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Roméo et Jeanette is a play by Jean Anouilh (1946).


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as Romeo and Jeanette by Miriam John.

Translated from the French into Afrikaans as Romeo en Jeanette by Peter Blum.

Performance history in South Africa

1960: Produced by the National Theatre Organisation in Afrikaans as Romeo en Jeanette, performed by NTO Kamertoneel in the Bellville Civic Theatre from 10 to 17 February. Directed by Suzanne van Wyk, with Joey de Koker, Babs Laker, Ria Olivier, Laurie van der Merwe and Robert Mohr. Decor by Frank Graves, costumes by Doreen Graves.

1963: Produced in English, as Romeo and Jeanette, by PACT in Pretoria. Directed by Richard Daneel with Fiona Fraser, Bess Finney, Arthur Hall, Siegfried Mynhardt and others.

Sources

NTO Kamtertoneel programme, 1960.

PACT report 1963/64.

Vertolkende Kunste, HSRC, 1972.



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