The Sulky Fire

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The Sulky Fire (1921), translated from the French Le feu qui reprend mal, by Jean-Jacques Bernard. The story concerns the home-coming of an ex-prisoner of war to his wife. Published in The sulky fire : five plays, translated from the French by John Leslie Frith, Jonathan Cape, 1939. Also containing Martine, The Springime of Others, Invitation to a Voyage, The Unquiet Spirit.

Presented by the Rondebosch Dramatic society, produced by E. Clifford Jones, with Jones as André, also featuring Audrey Olorenshaw, Elizabeth Richardson, A.J.A. Wilson in the Little Theatre, Cape Town, 1945 .

Translated into Afrikaans by Donald Inskip as Terugkeer. Presented by K.A.T. 20-22 Sept 1945, directed by Donald Inskip. With Cornelia Scholtz, Jim Retief, Helena Morkel, Herman Steytler.

Sources

South African Opinion, 2(5):22, 1945.

Trek, 9(25):18; 10(7):15, 1945.

World Drama, by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.

Nel, 1972


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