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1946: Performed by an amateur group in Camps Bay, led by [[Mary Fenton]]. The play was directed by a visiting British sailor,  with [[Mary Fenton]] in the lead and a 17 year old [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in the cast.
 
1946: Performed by an amateur group in Camps Bay, led by [[Mary Fenton]]. The play was directed by a visiting British sailor,  with [[Mary Fenton]] in the lead and a 17 year old [[Nigel Hawthorne]] in the cast.
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Produced by the [[Brian Brooke Company]], date and venue unknown.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 19.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 19.
  
[[Nigel Hawthorne|Hawthorne]], 2002, p.56
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[[Nigel Hawthorne|Hawthorne]], 2002, p.56.
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Research material on Brian Brooke held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 7. 7.
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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A comedy by René Fauchois (Prenez garde à la peinture, 1932). It exists in two English versions: an American adaptation by Sidney Howard (1932) and an UK version by Emlyn Williams (1933). The London production of William's version starred Edith Evans and Cedric Hardwicke.

Performance history of the Williams version in South Africa

1942: The version by Emlyn Williams was performed by the Johannesburg Repertory Society, 1942.

1946: Performed by an amateur group in Camps Bay, led by Mary Fenton. The play was directed by a visiting British sailor, with Mary Fenton in the lead and a 17 year old Nigel Hawthorne in the cast.

Produced by the Brian Brooke Company, date and venue unknown.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Christopher_Bean

The Forum, 5(1), 1942. p 18.

Tucker, 1997. 19.

Hawthorne, 2002, p.56.

Research material on Brian Brooke held by NELM: [Collection: ASCH, Valda]: 2005. 65. 7. 7.

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