The Bear

The Bear by Anton Chekhov.

Performance history in South Africa

This was the most successful production which ran in the lunch-hour slot at The Space (Cape Town). Bill Tanner was the director and the stage manager was Andrea Fine. The cast consisted of Limpie Basson, Yvonne Bryceland and Keith Grenville. ****date? Translated into Afrikaans as Die Buffel (The buffalo)?* by ** and first produced.

Later done as Die Beer (=The bear) by ** and first produced **

2013: Performed in tandem with The Proposal from 22 to 26 August, 1 to 12 September at the Intimate Theatre, Cape Town, by The Mechanicals, as part of their Chekhov Season, which also included The Cherry Orchard (6 to 17 August and 27 to 31 August).

Sources

Bosman, 1928: pp Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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