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This [[Dutch]] version by [[Hugo Claus]] of the [[Oedipus]] myth is based on Seneca's play ''[[Oedipus by Seneca|Oedipus]]''.  


== The Original Text ==
 

== Translations and Adaptations ==
 

Translated from the original [[Dutch]] into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wim Vorster]]. 


== South African Performances ==


1990: Presented in [[Afrikaans]] by [[PACOFS|SUKOVS]] Toneel in 1990, performed in the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], Bloemfontein. Directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], with [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Isadora Verwey]], [[Cobus de Villiers]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Dorette Nel]], [[James van Helsdingen]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Christo Compion]], [[Marion Holm]], [[Hennie Baird]]. Décor designed by [[Johnny Boerstoel]], costumes by [[James Parker]] and lighting by [[Martin Pelser]]. 

== Sources ==

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

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

[[ESAT Bibliography Com-Cop|P.J. Conradie]], 1999

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_(Seneca)

''Helikon'', 5(21), 1955.

Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.

''Oedipus'' theatre programmes, PACT, 1971, 1990.

[[Bettine van Zyl Smit|B. van Zyl Smit]] 2003 "The Receptions of Greek Tragedy in the 'Old' and the 'New' South Africa" in  ''[[Akroterion]]'' 48 : 3-20)[http://akroterion.journals.ac.za]

[[Betine van Zyl Smit]]. 2010. "Oedipus and Afrikaans Theater" in ''Comparative Drama'' (Vol. 44, No. 4: pp. 477-493)[http://www.jstor.org/stable/23238802]



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