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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==
 
Translated into English by Maurice Valency.
 
 
 
Translated from the French into [[Afrikaans]], entitled ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'', by [[Rita Elferink]].
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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]].
 
 
 
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]].
 
 
 
1977: ''[[Die Mal Vrou van Chaillot]]'' premièred in May 1977 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], staged by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]. Directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Herman Pretorius]] (Die Direkteur), [[Johan Naudé]] (Die Baron), [[Solly Oosthuizen]] (Marital), [[Jannie Hofmeyr]] (Claude), [[Charmaine Potgieter]] (Syrille), [[Johann van Heerden]] (Victor, die Vodderaper), [[Kobus Geldenhuys]] (Jean-Jacques), [[Tammy Alberts]] (Irma), [[Niel le Roux]] (Skoenveterverkoper), [[Gerrit Snyman]] (Die Makelaar), [[Chris van Jaarsveld]] (Aandeelhouer), [[Jan le Roux]] (Losbol), [[Ronny Belcher]] (Prospekteerder), [[Jeannette Roussouw]] (Aurelie, Mal Vrou van Chaillot), [[Peter de Villiers]] (Die Bode), [[Fred le Roux]] (Dr. Jadin), [[Dawid Minnaar]] (Lewensredder), [[Wouter Struwig]] (Pierre), [[Johan J. Fourie]] (Konstabel), [[Van Rooyen Terblanche]] (Nare Man), [[Emile Aucamp]] (Mnr. Florian), [[Margaret Fölscher]] (Mal Vrou van Passy), [[Elmarie Kritzinger]] (Mal Vrou van St. Sulpice), [[Joan-Helen Dry]] (Mal Vrou van La Concorde) and [[Thierry Delameilleure]], [[Louié Loots]], [[Davida Day]], [[Rachelle Greeff]], [[Leona Rich]], [[Arina van Zyl]], [[Mari Hauptfleisch]], [[Susan Coetzer]], [[Kathy Beard]], [[CIA Lewis]], [[Morlette Lindsay]], [[Heide-Marie Rossocha]], [[Marlinda Vermeulen]], [[Gaby Wengrove]], [[Paul Marais]], [[Pierre Rommelaere]], [[Hardus Rust]]. Costumes by [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Emile Aucamp]] and masurkas composed by [[Hubert du Plessis]].
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Madwoman_of_Chaillot].
 
 
 
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]].
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 118, 120.
 
 
 
[[UTS]] theatre pamphlet, 1977.
 
 
 
Little Theatre programme, 1985.
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]].
 
 
 
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