A Midsummer Night's Dream - Revision history

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20th century

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Sources

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21st century

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Adaptations

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20th century

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Performance history of the play in South Africa

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Translations

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Translations

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 Filmed as a TV movie[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7112936/], produced by [[Roy Sargeant]] and directed by [[Ken Leach]] with [[Michael Richard]] ("Puck"), [[Richard Haines]] ("Oberon"), [[Sandra Duncan]], ("Titania"), [[Paul Slabolepszy]], ("Lysander")
-[[Sean Taylor]] ("Demetrius"), [[Susan Brewer]] ("Hermia"), [[Pamela Gien]] ("Helena"), [[Marius Weyers]] ("Bottom"), [[Graham Armitage]] ("Peter Quince"), [[James Borthwick]] ("Snug"), [[David Crichton]] ("Robert Starveling"), [[Eric Flynn]] ("Theseus"), [[Keith Kennedy]] ("Egeus"), [[Pierre Knoesen]] ("Francis Flute"), [[Lynette Luyt]] ("Hippolyta"), [[Ian Steadman]] ("Shout") and [[Robert Whitehead]].
+[[Sean Taylor]] ("Demetrius"), [[Susan Brewer]] ("Hermia"), [[Pamela Gien]] ("Helena"), [[Marius Weyers]] ("Bottom"), [[Graham Armitage]] ("Peter Quince"), [[James Borthwick]] ("Snug"), [[David Crichton]] ("Robert Starveling"), [[Eric Flynn]] ("Theseus"), [[Keith Kennedy]] ("Egeus"), [[Pierre Knoesen]] ("Francis Flute"), [[Lynette Luyt]] ("Hippolyta"), [[Ian Steadman]] ("Shout") and [[Robert Whitehead]] ("Philostrate").
 Released by the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] ([[SABC]]) on 28 October, 1982.

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 : [[Maynardville]] starring, among others, [[David Crichton]]. Directed by [[Leslie French]].
-: The Shakespeare quadcentennial production at the [[Alexander Theatre]] was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]], with  [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Louis Burke]], [[Jenny Gratus]].
+: The Shakespeare quadcentennial production presented by the [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]] was directed by [[Joan Brickhill]] and [[Louis Burke]], with  [[Joan Brickhill]], [[Louis Burke]], [[Jenny Gratus]].
 : A production by [[PACOFS]], in collaboration with The Bloemfontein [[Shakespeare Circle]], directed by [[John Boulter]], the performance on the first night was in an old railway shed in Tweespruit before moving to Bloemfontein's [[Civic Theatre]]. The cast included [[Ralph Rodgers]] (Theseus), [[Hudson Earp]] (Egeus), [[Peter Mohr]] (Lysander), [[Winston Nathan]] (Demetrius), [[Herbert Bishko]] (Philostrate), [[George Barnes]] (Quince), [[Robert Wallis]] (Snug), [[Arthur Hanna]] (Bottom), [[Benjamin Janeke]] (Flute), [[Harold Goldberg]] (Starveling), [[Anna Blömerus]] (Hippolyta), [[Heléne Carstens]] (Hermia), [[Dinkie Eksteen]] (Helena), [[Robin Short]] (Oberon), [[Maureen Viljoen]] (Titania), [[Michael van Gelder]] (Puck), [[Lucy Wiseman]] (Fairy) and others. [[Norine van Arkell]] was the stage manager.

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-: Performed at [[Maynardville]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]].
+: Performed at [[Maynardville]], directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]], with music by [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]] and a soundscape designed by [[Dave Cathcart]].
 : Presented by [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]], directed by [[Helen Flax]].

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 Adapted as an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears (1960). Britten's opera adapted by [[Isango Ensemble]] in 2015.
-Adapted by [[Johan Anker]] and [[Laine Butler]] to set the play in a South African urban plastic jungle, reflecting both the attitudes and the materials of the 21st century. Performed 2012.
+Adapted as a ballet. Presented by [[UCT Ballet School]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], choreographed by [[David Poole]], in 1977.
-Adapted as a ballet. Presented by [[UCT Ballet School]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]], choreographed by [[David Poole]], in 1977.
+Adapted by [[Johan Anker]] and [[Laine Butler]] to set the play in a South African urban plastic jungle, reflecting both the attitudes and the materials of the 21st century. Performed 2012. Text unpublished.
 === SA Filmed adaptations ===

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	1971: Presented by [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], directed by [[Guy Butler]], with [[Anthony Akerman]] as Lysander.		1971: Presented by [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], directed by [[Guy Butler]], with [[Anthony Akerman]] as Lysander.
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	1972: Presented by [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] at [[Mannville]], directed by [[Leslie French]], Starring [[Leslie Speyers]], [[Helen Mann]], [[Helen Wilkins]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alf Porter]], [[Leslie French]].		1972: Presented by [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] at [[Mannville]], directed by [[Leslie French]], Starring [[Leslie Speyers]], [[Helen Mann]], [[Helen Wilkins]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alf Porter]], [[Leslie French]].

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	1970s: Performed in the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] during the early 1970s by the [[Bloemfontein Shakespeare Circle]] (possibly in association with [[PACOFS]]), directed by [[Marlene Kotzen]], with [[Otto Bohlmann]] as "Demetrius".		1970s: Performed in the [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] during the early 1970s by the [[Bloemfontein Shakespeare Circle]] (possibly in association with [[PACOFS]]), directed by [[Marlene Kotzen]], with [[Otto Bohlmann]] as "Demetrius".

		+	1971: Presented by [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], directed by [[Guy Butler]], with [[Anthony Akerman]] as Lysander.
	1972: Presented by [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] at [[Mannville]], directed by [[Leslie French]], Starring [[Leslie Speyers]], [[Helen Mann]], [[Helen Wilkins]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alf Porter]], [[Leslie French]].		1972: Presented by [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] at [[Mannville]], directed by [[Leslie French]], Starring [[Leslie Speyers]], [[Helen Mann]], [[Helen Wilkins]], [[Philip Godawa]], [[Alf Porter]], [[Leslie French]].

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 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Midsomernagdroom]]''''' by [[Eitemal]], published by [[Human & Rousseau]] in 1974.
-[[Roelf Laubscher]] translated the play into [[Afrikaans]] as ''''''n Somernagdroom''''' (Unpublished, 1975). Produced by [[SUKOVS]], stage management by [[Mavis Lilenstein]], 1975.
+[[Roelf Laubscher]] translated the play into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[['n Somernagdroom]]''''' (Unpublished, 1975). Produced by [[SUKOVS]], stage management by [[Mavis Lilenstein]], 1975.
 ===Adaptations===

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-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Midsomernagdroom]]''''' by [[Eitemal]], published by Human & Rousseau in 1974.
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Midsomernagdroom]]''''' by [[Eitemal]], published by [[Human & Rousseau]] in 1974.
 [[Roelf Laubscher]] translated the play into [[Afrikaans]] as ''''''n Somernagdroom''''' (Unpublished, 1975). Produced by [[SUKOVS]], stage management by [[Mavis Lilenstein]], 1975.