The Chalk Garden

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The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold [1] (1889-1981). First produced in London in 1955.

Performance history in South Africa

Produced in South Africa by Brian Brooke at the Brooke Theatre in 1959(?).

Directed by Leonard Schach for the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre, February 1959, with Eveline Garrett, Heather Lloyd-Jones, Eric Messiter and Daphne Riggs. Decor by Bruce Palmer.

Directed by Simon Swindell for CAPAB, opening in the Hofmeyr Theatre on 15 June 1968 with Yvonne Bryceland (Miss Madrigal), Norman Coombes (Maitland), Cheryl Heath (Laurel), Joyce Bradley (Mrs St Maugham), Shirley Rautenbach (The Applicant), Lorna Robertson (The Nurse), Val Donald (Olivia), Elliot Playfair (The Judge). Set designed by Keith Anderson, stage manager Brian Kennedy.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Teater SA, 1(1), 1968.

The Chalk Garden theatre programme, 1968.

Inskip, 1977. p 122

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