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''[[La regina e gli insorti]]'' is an  Italian play by Ugo Betti (1892-1953)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Betti].

==The original text==

A drama set in WWII, the play is an adult drama about an adult situation, how a queen, tired of running from her terrible memories and the rebel regime, ends her life. A prostitute, at first teasing her rebel inquisitors, assumes the guise of the queen and goes to her death regally. 
First published in Italian (''La regina e gli insorti'') in 1949,
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Translated into English as ''[[The Queen and the Rebels]]'' and published in 1956.  

Translated by [[Alewyn Lee]] as ''[[Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'', and published by DALRO in 1969. 

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1957: The English version first produced in South Africa in 1957 by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society|Johannesburg Reps]], directed by [[Clifford Williams]] with [[Sonia Dresdel]]. 

1967: The Afrikaans version,  ''[[Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' produced by [[CAPAB]] in January, directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]]. The cast: [[Milla Louw]], [[Anna Cloete]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Willem de la Querra]], [[Kristo Pienaar]] (replaced by [[Johann Nell]] in some performances), [[Glynn Day]], [[Peter Grobbelaar]], [[Gertie Smith-Visser]], [[Pieter de Swardt]], I. de la Querra (seuntjie). Decor and costumes by [[Bill Smuts]].	

1974: A production in [[Afrikaans]] version was directed by [[William Egan]] for [[PACOFS]] in 1974, starring, [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Estelle de Waal]], [[Wim Vorster]].

1975: Produced by [[Themi Venturas]], co-directed with [[Bernadette Johnson]], as a [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] [[P.E.S.F.]] ''[[Young 'uns]]'' production in English at the Holy Rosary Convent Hall from July 16. Cast: [[Antonio de Gouveia]] (0razio, the hall porter), [[Peter Israel]] (The Engineer), [[Ian Liston]] (Amos, the commissar), [[Themi Venturas]] (Raim), [[Carol-Anne Kelleher]] (Argia), [[Bernadette Johnson]] (Elisabetta, the queen), [[David Preston]] (Biante, the general), [William O'Driscoll]] (Maupa, his guard), [[Angela Davidson]] (peasant woman), [[Peter Alexandris]] (Peasant), [[Gwilym Wilkins]] (Young peasant boy), [[Patrick Scott]], [[Anthony Mundell]], [[William Rijs]], [[Saki Zenios]] (Four travellers), [[Rosemary Welsh]], [[Debbie Pienaar]], [[Maureen Assheton-Smith]], [[Hilton Gowar]] (Peasants), [[Aleco Kalimeris]], [[William Rijs]] (Two soldiers).

== Sources ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Betti.

[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 106.

''[[Die Koningin en die Rebelle]]'' theatre programme, 1967.

''[[Die Dame met die Kamelias]]'', 1966, notes on coming productions.

''[[The Queen and the Rebels]]'' theatre programme, 1975.

[[Evening Post]], July 17, 1975.

''PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988''.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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