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South African productions

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Sources

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South African productions

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The dramatic texts

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	== South African productions ==		== South African productions ==
		+	1972: Presented by the [[University Players]] at the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg as part of the Wits Golden Jubilee Celebration, devised and directed by [[Geoffrey Sutherland]].

	1982: Directed by [[Norman Coombes]], presented by [[PACT]] at the [[State Theatre]] Arena, March 1982, starring [[Diane Britz]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Peter Terry]], [[Pierre Knoesen]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Hamilton McLeod]] and [[Alan Swerdlow]]. (The adaptation used is the one by by Nelson Bond, first produced at The Showtimers Studio Theatre in Roanoake, Virginia on September 29, 1961 and published by Samual French.)		1982: Directed by [[Norman Coombes]], presented by [[PACT]] at the [[State Theatre]] Arena, March 1982, starring [[Diane Britz]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Peter Terry]], [[Pierre Knoesen]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Hamilton McLeod]] and [[Alan Swerdlow]]. (The adaptation used is the one by by Nelson Bond, first produced at The Showtimers Studio Theatre in Roanoake, Virginia on September 29, 1961 and published by Samual French.)

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	https://willemvanderwalt.wordpress.com/the-playwright/		https://willemvanderwalt.wordpress.com/the-playwright/
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		+	https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2009-04-08-fresh-take-on-a-brilliant-satire/

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 : Directed by [[Norman Coombes]], presented by [[PACT]] at the [[State Theatre]] Arena, March 1982, starring [[Diane Britz]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Peter Terry]], [[Pierre Knoesen]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Hamilton McLeod]] and [[Alan Swerdlow]]. (The adaptation used is the one by by Nelson Bond, first produced at The Showtimers Studio Theatre in Roanoake, Virginia on September 29, 1961 and published by Samual French.)
-: Produced at the [[Market Theatre]] in August and September by [[ShakeXperience]] and the [[Market Theatre]], as a South African adaptation directed by  [[Neil Coppen]] with an all women cast, including  [[Mpume Mthombeni]], [[Tshego Khutsoane]], [[Mandisa Nduna]] , [[Khutjo Bakunzi-Green]], [[Zesuliwe Hadebe]] and [[MoMo Matsunyane]]. Choreography by [[Daniel Buckland]].
+: The Klotz adaptation presented by [[Sibikwa Arts Centre]] at the [[Dance Factory]] in Newtown, with choreographer [[Gregory Maqoma]], musical director [[Neo Leleka]], [[Michael Maxwell]] and lighting designer [[Sasha Ehlers]]. The cast:  [[Bheki Mkhwane]], [[Chan Marti]] and [[Linda Sokhulu]].
 == Sources ==

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	A musical adaptation titled ''[[Animals]]'', by [[Willem van der Walt]], [[Allan Stephenson]] and [[Michael Williams]], was first produced in the early 1980s.		A musical adaptation titled ''[[Animals]]'', by [[Willem van der Walt]], [[Allan Stephenson]] and [[Michael Williams]], was first produced in the early 1980s.
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		+	Adapted by [[Phyllis Klotz]] in 2009.

	== South African productions ==		== South African productions ==

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 The novel has been adapted for stage, film and radio and TV.
 == South African productions ==
 : Directed by [[Norman Coombes]], presented by [[PACT]] at the [[State Theatre]] Arena, March 1982, starring [[Diane Britz]], [[Dorothy-Ann Gould]], [[Peter Terry]], [[Pierre Knoesen]], [[Michael Maxwell]], [[Hamilton McLeod]] and [[Alan Swerdlow]]. (The adaptation used is the one by by Nelson Bond, first produced at The Showtimers Studio Theatre in Roanoake, Virginia on September 29, 1961 and published by Samual French.)
 : Produced at the [[Market Theatre]] in August and September by [[ShakeXperience]] and the [[Market Theatre]], as a South African adaptation directed by  [[Neil Coppen]] with an all women cast, including  [[Mpume Mthombeni]], [[Tshego Khutsoane]], [[Mandisa Nduna]] , [[Khutjo Bakunzi-Green]], [[Zesuliwe Hadebe]] and [[MoMo Matsunyane]]. Choreography by [[Daniel Buckland]].
 == Sources ==
 [[PACT]] theatre pamphlet
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 [[Sharmini Brookes]], 2015. “Animal Farm - All Women All Great”, http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=38641 09/01/2015 ; 06:14:49
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	2015: Produced at the [[Market Theatre]] in August and September by [[ShakeXperience]] and the [[Market Theatre]], as a South African adaptation directed by [[Neil Coppen]] with an all women cast, including [[Mpume Mthombeni]], [[Tshego Khutsoane]], [[Mandisa Nduna]] , [[Khutjo Bakunzi-~~Greed~~]], [[Zesuliwe Hadebe]] and [[MoMo Matsunyane]]. Choreography by [[Daniel Buckland]].	+	2015: Produced at the [[Market Theatre]] in August and September by [[ShakeXperience]] and the [[Market Theatre]], as a South African adaptation directed by [[Neil Coppen]] with an all women cast, including [[Mpume Mthombeni]], [[Tshego Khutsoane]], [[Mandisa Nduna]] , [[Khutjo Bakunzi-Green]], [[Zesuliwe Hadebe]] and [[MoMo Matsunyane]]. Choreography by [[Daniel Buckland]].

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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 A stage version of ''[[Animal Farm]]'',  the influential 1945 satirical novella by George Orwell.
-== The original text ==
+== The dramatic texts==
 The novel has been adapted for stage, film and radio and TV.

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+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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+== Return to ==
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+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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+Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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