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'''''Les Justes''''' is a play in five acts by Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus].

== The original text ==
First presented at the Théâtre Hébertot on 15 December 1949. (Also known as ''The Terrorists'').

==Translations and adaptations==
Published in English  by Penguin, 1984.

''Die Terroriste'', a translation by [[André P. Brink]] of ''Les Justes'' by Albert Camus (1913-1960). 

== Performance history in South Africa ==
1969: ''Die Terroriste'' was directed by [[Francois Swart]] for [[PACT]], opening in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]] on 14 May 1969, with [[Sandra Prinsloo]] as Dora Doulebov, [[Schalk Jacobsz]] as Yanek, [[Marius Weyers]] as Stepan Fedorov, [[Carel Trichardt]] as Skouratov. Others in the cast were [[Petru Wessels]], [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Boris Annenkov), [[Don Lamprecht]] {Alexis Voinov), [[William Egan]], [[Gerrit Geertsema]].

1972: Adapted and performed by the [[Serpent Players]] at the [[SABTU]] Festival in 1972.

Re-titled ''[[The Terrorists]]'' it was performed on a Sunday night at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 197*, directed by [[Athol Fugard]]. Two of the performers were [[John Kani]] and [[Winston Ntshona]], for whom this was their first “real” theatre performance.

== Sources ==
''Wikipedia'' [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Justes]

[[PACT]] theatre programme (undated).

[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.

''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(4), 1969

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