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| − | ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' (French title: ''[[La Folle de Chaillot]]'') by French dramatist [[Jean Giraudoux]]. Written during the German Occupation of Paris in 1943, it was not performed until after his death in 1944. The premiere was in Paris in December 1945 in a production by Giraudoux's frequent collaborator, actor and theatre director Louis Jouvet with Marguerite Moreno in the lead. It was she who had been the inspiration for the piece.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into English by Maurice Valency.
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| − | Translated from the French into [[Afrikaans]], entitled ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'', by [[Rita Elferink]].
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1951: The first South African production in English was by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in Cape Town in October 1951, followed by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]] in 1952, starring [[Haidee Cassell]] as "Countess Aurelia", [[Ivy Collins]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Valerie Philip]], [[Shirley Wakefield]], [[Ronald Wallace]], [[Basil Warner]]. Decor was by [[Len Grossett]] and costumes by [[Louis Jacobson]].
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| − | The Cape Town cast were [[Haidee Cassell]], [[Dorothy Nettlefold]], [[Zandberg Jansen]], [[Geoffrey Barry]], [[Connie Dix-Hart]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Diana Lazar]], [[Audrey Pearce]], [[Percy Sieff]]. Decor by [[Cecil Pym]].
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| − | 1977: ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'' performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in May 1977 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], starring [[Herman Pretorius]], [[Jannie Hofmeyr]], [[Niel le Roux]], [[Fred le Roux]], [[Dawid Minnaar]] and others.
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| − | 1985: ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' presented by students of the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department]] at the [[Little Theatre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] in September 1985
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madwoman_of_Chaillot].
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| − | Undated clipping from ''[[Die Burger]]'' found in a scrapbook dated 1951, prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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| − | Photographs of Percy Sieff and the cast of the production of ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' by Jean Giradeaux, produced by Leonard Schach at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, on 20 October 1951, including [[Helen Houghton]], [[Dudley Davies]], [[Haidee Cassel]], [[Paul Vierya]], [[Brian Proudfoot]], [[Donald Inskip]], [[Hudson Clausen]], [[Diana Lazar]], [[John Kerr]], [[Petal du Toit]], [[Frances Barry]], [[Beronese Mann]], [[Zandberg Jansen]] and [[Melvin Simmers]]. [[NELM]]: Photograph collection [Collection: SIEFF, Percy]: 2013. 25. 2. 38.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 118, 120.
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| − | [[UTS]] theatre pamphlet, 1977.
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| − | Little Theatre programme, 1985.
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]].
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