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Dorothy Black Biography (1913-1985)

Born April 30, 1913, in Johannesburg, South Africa; died February 19, 1985, in London, England; daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Johanna (Albertyn) Black.

Nationality

South African

Gender

Female

Birth Details

April 30, 1913

Johannesburg, South Africa

Death Details

19, 1985

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Toured with a Shakespearean repertory company.
• Writings
• PLAYS,PRODUCED The Prince of Bohemia (adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's story "The Suicide Club"), 1941.
• Landslide (with David Peel), 1943.
• Men without Shadows, 1947.
• The Respectable Prostitute (adapted from Jean-Paul Sartre), 1947.
• Crime Passionel (adapted from Sartre), 1948.
• Point of Departure (adapted from Jean Anouilh), 1950.
• The Untamed (adapted from Anouilh), 1951.
• Lucifer and the Lord (adapted from Sartre), 1952.
• The Public Prosecutor (adapted from Fritz Hochwalder), 1953.
• The Snow Was Black (adapted from Simenon), 1953.
• Kean (adapted from Sartre), 1954.
• Three Sisters (with Micki Iveria), 1955.
• Donadiu (adapted from Hochwalder), 1956.
• Wings of the Wind (adapted from Alexander Rivemale), 1957.
• The Innocent Man (adapted from Hochwalder), 1958.
• Love from Italy (adapted from Louis Ducreux), 1960.
• The Rehearsal (adapted from Jean Anouilh; with Pamela Hansford Johnson),1961.
• Bonne Soupe (adapted from Felicien Marceau), 1961.
• The Singing Dolphin (original idea), 1963.
• Isabelle (adapted from Jacques Deval), 1964.
• Maxibules (adapted from Marcel Ayme), 1964.
• The Soldier's Tale (with Michael Flanders), 1970.
• Sword of Vengeance (adapted from Hochwalder), 1975.
• Riding to Jerusalem (adapted from Evelyn Coquet), 1978.