The Prisoner

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The Prisoner is a 1954 play by Irish-British playwright Bridget Boland (1913-1988) [1].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1961: Produced in English by the NTO, directed by Victor Melleney, André Huguenet (The Prisoner), Arthur Hall (The Interrogator), Joe Stewardson (The Cell Warder), Danie Marais (A Secretary), Frank Wise (A Doctor), Michael Coulson (A Barber), James Christie (Warder) and Joan Lovelace (An Old Woman). Decor by Frank Graves and costumes by Doreen Graves. The production was staged in the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg, the National Theatre in Pretoria and in the Civic Theatre in Bellville. It was to be André Huguenet's triumphant last lead role, playing the Pridoner. He committed suicide shortly after the run had ended. The next year NTO was closed down and replaced by the four Performing Arts Councils.

Sources

NTO theatre programme, 1961.

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