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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1970: The [[André P. Brink]] translation ''Die Staatsaanklaer'' was staged by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[André P. Brink|Brink]], with [[Cobus Rossouw]] (Fouquier-Tinville), [[Neels Coetzee]] (Grebeauval), [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] (Tallien), [[Louw Verwey]] (Sanson), [[Johan Botha]] (Montane),  
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1970: The [[André P. Brink]] translation ''Die Staatsaanklaer'' was staged by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[André P. Brink|Brink]], with [[Cobus Rossouw]] (Fouquier-Tinville), [[Neels Coetzee]] (Grebeauval), [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] (Tallien), [[Louw Verwey]] (Sanson), [[Johan Botha]] (Montane), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Theresa Tallien), [[Jan Prinsloo]] (Fabricius, [[William Egan]] (Heron), [[Andries Lategan]] (Polisieman) and [[Brian Scott]] (Polisieman).
  
  
  with [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]]
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 07:44, 7 August 2015

Der öffentliche Ankläger ("The Public Prosecutor") is a 1948 play in three acts by Austrian playwright Fritz Hochwälder (1911- 1986) [1]. A look at the violence of the French Revolution and specifically the notorious prosecutor in the French revolutionary law court during the Revolution and Reign of Terror periods, Fouquier-Tinville [2].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated by André P. Brink from the German into Afrikaans with the title Die Staatsaanklaer.

Performance history in South Africa

1970: The André P. Brink translation Die Staatsaanklaer was staged by PACOFS, directed by Brink, with Cobus Rossouw (Fouquier-Tinville), Neels Coetzee (Grebeauval), Jannie Gildenhuys (Tallien), Louw Verwey (Sanson), Johan Botha (Montane), Louise Mollett-Prinsloo (Theresa Tallien), Jan Prinsloo (Fabricius, William Egan (Heron), Andries Lategan (Polisieman) and Brian Scott (Polisieman).



Sources

Wikipedia [3]

PACOFS theatre programme, 1970.

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988


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