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'''''Trap for a Lonely Man''''', (''Piège pour un homme seul'') is a play in four acts by the French playwright Robert Thomas (1927-1989) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Thomas_%28director%29] written and published in French in 1960. The play is commonly known in English speaking countries as ''Trap for a Lonely Man'' or ''Trap for a Single Man'', and was filmed as ''One of My Wives Is Missing'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_My_Wives_Is_Missing] (1976) and ''Vanishing Act'' (1986).
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the original French by [[Joan Brink]] titled '''''Lokval vir 'n Man Alleen''''' and also '''''Lokval!'''''.
 
 
 
Another translation into [[Afrikaans]] by ? is titled '''''Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man'''''.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
1963: ''Lokval Vir 'n Man Alleen'' was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Victor Melleney]], starring [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jan Bruijns]], [[Francois Swart]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]] and [[Leonora Nel]]. Performed in the [[Civic Theatre]] Johannesburg, [[National Theatre]] Pretoria and taken on tour in the Transvaal. Decor by [[Bill Nixon]].
 
 
 
1964: ''Lokval vir 'n Eensame Man'' was the first [[Afrikaans]] production staged by [[NAPAC]], opening in the [[Lyric Theatre]] in Durban on 2 March and then touring to other venues around Natal. It was directed by [[Taubie Kushlick]] (assisted by [[Elma Krynauw]]), featuring [[Jasper Schutte]] (Daniel Corban), [[John van Biljon]] (Kommissaris), [[Ron Leschinsky]] (Priester), [[Jeanette Hanekom]] (Florence), [[Carel Trichardt]] (Boemelaar), [[Ena Jansen]] (Verpleegster), [[Cilliers Muller]] (Polisieman) and [[Lukas Lourens]] (Polisieman).
 
 
 
1964: Produced by [[CAPAB]] in [[Afrikaans]] under the title ''Lokval!'', directed by [[Fred Engelen]], with [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] (Die Man), [[Louw Verwey]] (Die Kommissaris), [[Ernst Eloff]] (Die Priester), [[Tine Balder]] (Die Vrou), [[Limpie Basson]] (Die Boemelaar) and [[Cynthia Dekker]] (Die Verpleegster). Decor by [[Pamela Lewis]], lighting by [[Derek Swanepoel]].
 
 
 
1965: Produced by [[CAPAB]] in English at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] with [[Vaughn Scott]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Paddy Canavan]] in the cast.
 
 
 
1966: Produced in English by the [[Johannesburg Reps]], , directed by [[James Gillhouley]].
 
 
 
1975: Presented by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Lucille Gillwald]], starring [[De Wet van Rooyen]] and [[Marko van der Colff]].
 
 
 
1972: In September [[CAPAB]] sent [[Marie van Heerden]] to stage and direct ''Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man'' with the Kimberley Amateur Drama Society ([[KADRA]]) in the [[Kimberley Theatre]]. In the cast were [[Johan Ackerman]] (Die Man), [[Bart Viljoen]] (Die Kommissaris), [[Theuns Meyer]] (Die Priester), [[Marlein du Toit]] (Die Vrou), [[Dirk Bester]] (Die Boemelaar) and [[Gerda Liebenberg]] (Die Verpleegster).
 
 
 
1976: In August the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] staged ''Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man'' in Stellenbosch, directed by [[Marie van Heerden]], with [[Henry Mylne]] (Die Man), [[Anton van Niekerk]] (Die Kommissaris), [[Casper Badenhorst]] (Die Priester), [[Elsabé Grobbelaar]] (Die Vrou), [[Leon van Heerden]] (Die Boemelaar) and [[Patricia Pieterse]] (Die Verpleegster).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/Trap_for_a_Solitary_Man
 
 
 
[[PACT]] report 1963/64.
 
 
 
[[NAPAC]] theatre programme, 1964.
 
 
 
[[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1964.
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. (1966 production).
 
 
 
[[CAPAB]] List of Plays Presented, 1971
 
 
 
[[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
 
 
 
Photograph by Leslie Dehter [[NELM]] [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50.
 
 
 
[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
== Return to ==
 
 
 
Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 T|T]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
 
 
 
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
 
 
 
Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 

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