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To date the play has never been performed in South Africa.  
 
To date the play has never been performed in South Africa.  
  
=''[[André]]''  by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1984)=  
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=''[[André]]''  by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1983)=  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play about the rise and tragic fall of a fictitious [[Afrikaans]] actor, the text was shortlisted for [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] competition in the late 1970s, and the text was published in 1985 by ([[Human and Rousseau]], Cape Town). The text also contains a theme song composed by [[Anneli van Rooyen]] (1961-)[https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_van_Rooyen].
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A play about the rise and tragic fall of a fictitious [[Afrikaans]] actor, the text was shortlisted for the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year Award]] of 1983 and the text was published in 1985 by [[Human and Rousseau]], Cape Town.  
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The text also contains a theme song written by Hauptfleisch, music composed by [[Anneli van Rooyen]] (1961-)[https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_van_Rooyen].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_(play)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_(play)
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[[Roy Christie]]. 1983. "Fine writing in the Amstel competition", ''[[The Argus Tonight]]'', 8 November: p.12. 
  
 
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Hauptfleisch
 
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Hauptfleisch

Latest revision as of 05:37, 10 July 2022

There are at least two plays named André

André by William Dunlap (1798)

Also found as Andre, it is an American tragedy in five acts written by William Dunlap (1766-1839)[1] about the court martial of Major John André (1751-1780). It was first performed in New York by the Old American Company on March 30, 1798.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

To date the play has never been performed in South Africa.

André by Temple Hauptfleisch (1983)

The original text

A play about the rise and tragic fall of a fictitious Afrikaans actor, the text was shortlisted for the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award of 1983 and the text was published in 1985 by Human and Rousseau, Cape Town.

The text also contains a theme song written by Hauptfleisch, music composed by Anneli van Rooyen (1961-)[2].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

To date the play has never been performed in its entirety, though scenes from it have been used by students in training institutions on occasion in the 1980s.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dunlap

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_(play)

Roy Christie. 1983. "Fine writing in the Amstel competition", The Argus Tonight, 8 November: p.12.

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Hauptfleisch

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_van_Rooyen

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