The Lower Depths

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The Lower Depths (Title in Russian Na dne, 1903) by Maxim Gorki. Described by the author as "scenes from Russian life" rather than as a drama.

Performance history in South Africa

The newly-found Unity Theatre Group staged Gorki’s Lower Depths produced by Leontine Sagan in 1942.

Presented by the Peninsula Dramatic Society, produced by Albert Thomas at the Woodstock Town Hall, 2 August 1955.

Directed for CAPAB by the American director Robert Aden [1], it opened at the Hofmeyr Theatre on 7 April 1965. It went on an extensive tour and was eventually seen by over 7 000 people in 57 performances. Alec Bell played the part of the old tramp Luka. Simon Swindell, Johann Nell and Vaughn Scott were also in the cast.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949. 674.

The Forum, 5(1):18, 5(3):19, 1942.

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 39

Photograph, NELM - MANUSCRIPTS, [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50


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