Difference between revisions of "The Late Edwina Black"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 7: Line 7:
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 +
 +
Adapted as a  British film called ''[[The Late Edwina Black]]'' (in the U.S.A. ''[[The Obsessed]]'') in 1951, directed by Maurice Elvey.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 16:02, 2 September 2020

The Late Edwina Black is a melodrama by William Dinner and William Morum.

Rather oddly, the names of the authors are also found as "William Dinnie and William Murum" and "William Morrum and William Dinnerr" in some sources.


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as a British film called The Late Edwina Black (in the U.S.A. The Obsessed) in 1951, directed by Maurice Elvey.

Performance history in South Africa

1950: Performed in the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, starring Margery Weston, Royden Hart.

19**: Performed by the Bloemfontein REPS, directed by Desmond Hughes.

196*: Performed by the St Luke’s Theatre Guild at St Luke's Hall. Directed by Gus Jansen with a cast that included his wife Mabel Daniels. The stage manager was John Ramsdale.

Sources

Trek 14(3) March 1950: 42-3 (re the Johannesburg production).

The Late Edwina Black (the film), Wikipedia [1].

E-mail correspondence from Laurence Jacobs, August, 2020.

Return to

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page