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'''''Nemesis''''', a thriller written by [[Mario Schiess]],
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'''[[Nemesis]]''' is a thriller written by [[Mario Schiess]] (1933-1998).
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''Not to be confused with the burlesque '''[[Nemesis! Or Not Wisely but Too Well]]''' by H.B. Farnie''
  
''Not to be confused with the burlesque '''Nemesis! Or Not Wisely but Too Well]]''' by H.B. Farnie''
 
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
is the dramatisation of a fictitious fateful meeting between Dr Joseph Mengele, camp doctor of Auschwitz, and a young Jew who has come to assassinate him.
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Schiess's play is the dramatisation of a fictitious fateful meeting between Dr Joseph Mengele, camp doctor of Auschwitz, and a young Jew who has come to assassinate him.
  
 
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The paly is unpublished, but a playscript is held by [[NELM]] ([Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 2003. 90. 473).
Playscript held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 2003. 90. 473.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Playscript held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 2003. 90. 473.
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''The Star'', 12 Oct 1988.
 
''The Star'', 12 Oct 1988.
  

Latest revision as of 06:53, 19 May 2020

Nemesis is a thriller written by Mario Schiess (1933-1998).

Not to be confused with the burlesque Nemesis! Or Not Wisely but Too Well by H.B. Farnie

The original text

Schiess's play is the dramatisation of a fictitious fateful meeting between Dr Joseph Mengele, camp doctor of Auschwitz, and a young Jew who has come to assassinate him.

The paly is unpublished, but a playscript is held by NELM ([Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 2003. 90. 473).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1988: Staged in the Kleinteater in Pretoria, directed by Mario Schiess, with Patrick Mynhardt (Mengele), Bruce Alexander (Meyers) and Margaret Koch.

1989: Directed by Schiess for CAPAB, opening 8 March at the Nico Arena, with Patrick Mynhardt (Mengele), Bruce Alexander (Meyers) and Margaret Koch.

Sources

Playscript held by NELM: [Collection: SIMON, Barney]: 2003. 90. 473.

The Star, 12 Oct 1988.

Die Transvaler, 14 Oct 1988.

Nemesis theatre programme, 1989.

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