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Translated into English as ''[[The Play in the Castle]]'',  
 
Translated into English as ''[[The Play in the Castle]]'',  
  
It has twice been adapted in English, by P.G. Wodehouse as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' in 1926, and by Tom Stoppard as Tom Stoppard as ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' in 19**.
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It has twice been adapted in English, by P.G. Wodehouse as ''[[The Play's the Thing]]'' in 1926, and by Tom Stoppard as ''[[Rough Crossing]]'' in 1984.
  
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' ("Schemes in the night")
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Gekonkel in die Nag]]'' ("Schemes in the night")

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There are two plays by called The Play's the Thing that have been written or performed in South Africa.


The Play's the Thing by Ferenc Molnár

An English translation of the three act play Játék a kastélyban ("A play in a castle", 1925) by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952)[1].


The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as The Play in the Castle,

It has twice been adapted in English, by P.G. Wodehouse as The Play's the Thing in 1926, and by Tom Stoppard as Rough Crossing in 1984.

Translated into Afrikaans as Gekonkel in die Nag ("Schemes in the night")

Performance history in South Africa

1943: Produced by the Johannesburg Repertory Society, with Frank Douglass in 1943.

1956: Produced by National Theatre Organisation in 1956.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Moln%C3%A1r

https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZjmepvhZySwC&redir_esc=y

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Crossing

Trek , 8(2):16, 1943.

World Drama by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.

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The Play's the Thing by Jill Fletcher

The original text

An unpublished, undated typescript of a one-act play written by Jill Fletcher, and held by the author.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Gosher, 1988

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