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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1946: A production by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Jeanny Targowsky]] was performed in the [[Standard Theatre]], starring Kushlick and [[Frank Secker]].
  
Produced by [[Taubie Kushlick]] and [[Jeanny Targowsky]] in 1946, performed in the [[Standard Theatre]], starring Kushlick and [[Frank Secker]].
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1989: Staged by [[PACT]] in the [[State Theatre]] in Pretoria and the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Terrence Shank]], featuring Dorothy-Ann Gould (Birdie), James Borthwick (Oscar), Christopher Wells (Leo),
  
A revival directed by [[Terrence Shank]] in 1989.
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[[Nomhle Nkonyeni]] (Addie) and [[Dan Sebogodi]] (Cal).
  
  

Revision as of 07:53, 18 June 2015

The Little Foxes [1] is a 1939 play by American playwright Lillian Hellman [2]. In the play the character Regina Giddens practically murders her husband and robs her brothers to gain control of a factory.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1946: A production by Taubie Kushlick and Jeanny Targowsky was performed in the Standard Theatre, starring Kushlick and Frank Secker.

1989: Staged by PACT in the State Theatre in Pretoria and the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg, directed by Terrence Shank, featuring Dorothy-Ann Gould (Birdie), James Borthwick (Oscar), Christopher Wells (Leo),


Nomhle Nkonyeni (Addie) and Dan Sebogodi (Cal).


Sources

World Drama, by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.

South African Opinion, 3(1):24, 1946.

PACT theatre progamme (undated).

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