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''Traveller's Joy'' is a play by English writer and actor Arthur MacRae (1906-1962) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534274/]. A woman on business in Stockholm finds she has spent all her money and cannot pay her hotel bill. She discovers that her ex-husband is also staying at the hotel - but he is very short of cash too. They approach another British couple at the hotel for help - but it turns out they are there on an illicit rendezvous and will not help.  
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''[[Traveller's Joy]]'' is a play by English writer and actor Arthur MacRae (1906-1962) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534274/]. A woman on business in Stockholm finds she has spent all her money and cannot pay her hotel bill. She discovers that her ex-husband is also staying at the hotel - but he is very short of cash too. They approach another British couple at the hotel for help - but it turns out they are there on an illicit rendezvous and will not help.  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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A film based on the play was released in Sweden in 1950 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041985/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_11].
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Herman Steytler]] with the title ''Platsak''. Text available at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Manuscripts Section, reference MS 31/5/155.
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Herman Steytler]] with the title ''Platsak''. Text available at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Manuscripts Section, reference MS 31/5/155.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town before being staged in Johannesburg under the auspices of [[African Theatres]] in 1950.
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1950: Presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town before being staged in Johannesburg under the auspices of [[African Theatres]] in 1950.
  
''Platsak'' was directed by [[Paul Malherbe]] for [[K.A.T.]] at the [[Labia Theatre]] in March 1953, starring [[Nerina Ferreira]] and [[Billy Trengove]].  
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1953: ''Platsak'' was directed by [[Paul Malherbe]] for [[K.A.T.]] at the [[Labia Theatre]] in March 1953, starring [[Nerina Ferreira]] and [[Billy Trengove]].  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
Dollee [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/macrae-arthur.html#21979].
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Doollee [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsM/macrae-arthur.html#21979].
  
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Bri-Bru|Brooke]] 1978. 195-6.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Bri-Bru|Brooke]] 1978. 195-6.

Latest revision as of 10:00, 7 December 2018

Traveller's Joy is a play by English writer and actor Arthur MacRae (1906-1962) [1]. A woman on business in Stockholm finds she has spent all her money and cannot pay her hotel bill. She discovers that her ex-husband is also staying at the hotel - but he is very short of cash too. They approach another British couple at the hotel for help - but it turns out they are there on an illicit rendezvous and will not help.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

A film based on the play was released in Sweden in 1950 [2].

Translated into Afrikaans by Herman Steytler with the title Platsak. Text available at the University of Stellenbosch Manuscripts Section, reference MS 31/5/155.

Performance history in South Africa

1950: Presented by the Brian Brooke Company at the Hofmeyr Theatre, Cape Town before being staged in Johannesburg under the auspices of African Theatres in 1950.

1953: Platsak was directed by Paul Malherbe for K.A.T. at the Labia Theatre in March 1953, starring Nerina Ferreira and Billy Trengove.

Sources

Doollee [3].

Brooke 1978. 195-6.

Nel, 1972

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