Becket ou l'Honneur de Dieu - Revision history

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 : Performed in English as ''[[Becket]]'', it was the first play produced by the newly established [[CAPAB]] in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, opening on 6 November 1963. Directed by [[Laurie van der Merwe]], with [[Pietro Nolte]] in the title role and [[Alec Bell]] as Henry II. Others in the large cast were [[Frank Wise]], [[Michael Drin]], [[Harold Lake]], [[Robert del Kyrke]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Gordon Rennie]] and [[Fitz Morley]]. Among the women were [[Joyce Bradley]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Susan Blake]]. Sets and costumes were by [[Eleanor Esmonde-White]]. Incidental music composed by [[Arnold van Wyk]] and recorded by the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra under his conductorship.
-/71: Performed in a workshop version by [[PACOFS]] in the [[Die Presidensie-teater|Presidency Theatre]],   Directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] using only six actors to portray the thirty-five characters. The cast consisted of [[William Egan]], [[Errol Ross]],
+/71: Performed in a workshop version by [[PACOFS]] in the [[Ou Presidensie-teater|Old Presidency Theatre]],   Directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] using only six actors to portray the thirty-five characters. The cast consisted of [[William Egan]], [[Errol Ross]],
 : Produced by [[David Schalkwyk]] for the [[USAT|University of Stellenbosch Amateur Theatre]] at the [[Libertas Theatre]] from 1 to 4 May, starring [[Marthinus Basson]] as Henry II and [[Steffen Zoutendijk]] as Thomas Becket.

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 : Performed in English as ''[[Becket]]'', it was the first play produced by the newly established [[CAPAB]] in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, opening on 6 November 1963. Directed by [[Laurie van der Merwe]], with [[Pietro Nolte]] in the title role and [[Alec Bell]] as Henry II. Others in the large cast were [[Frank Wise]], [[Michael Drin]], [[Harold Lake]], [[Robert del Kyrke]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Gordon Rennie]] and [[Fitz Morley]]. Among the women were [[Joyce Bradley]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Susan Blake]]. Sets and costumes were by [[Eleanor Esmonde-White]]. Incidental music composed by [[Arnold van Wyk]] and recorded by the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra under his conductorship.
-/71: Performed in a workshop version by [[PACOFS]] in the [[Presidency Theatre]],   Directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] using only six actors to portray the thirty-five characters. The cast consisted of [[William Egan]], [[Errol Ross]],
+/71: Performed in a workshop version by [[PACOFS]] in the [[Die Presidensie-teater|Presidency Theatre]],   Directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] using only six actors to portray the thirty-five characters. The cast consisted of [[William Egan]], [[Errol Ross]],
 : Produced by [[David Schalkwyk]] for the [[USAT|University of Stellenbosch Amateur Theatre]] at the [[Libertas Theatre]] from 1 to 4 May, starring [[Marthinus Basson]] as Henry II and [[Steffen Zoutendijk]] as Thomas Becket.

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 A new English translation by Frederic Raphael and Stephen Raphael was done in London in October 1991.
-The play was filmed in 1964 by Peter Glenville with Richard Burton as the Archbishop and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II.
+The play was filmed in 1964 by Peter Glenville with Richard Burton as the Archbishop and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becket_(1964_film)]
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 The play was first performed at the Théâtre Montparnasse Gaston Baty in Paris on 8 October 1959 and on Broadway in 1960. Published in Paris by Table Ronde in 1959.
-It is part of what is referred to as his ''Pièces Costumées'' along with ''[[L'Alouette]]'' (1952) and ''La Foire d'empoigne'' (1962).
+It is part of what is referred to as his ''Pièces Costumées'' along with ''[[L'Alouette]]'' (1952) and ''[[La Foire d'empoigne]]'' (1962).
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 Translated into English by Lucienne Hill as ''[[Becket, or The Honour of God]]'',  performed in London 1961, published in New York by New American Library in 1960.
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the original French by [[Bartho Smit]] as ''[[Becket of Die Eer van God]]'', and published in the collection ''[[Bartho Smit-vertalings]]'' No 4 by [[HAUM|HAUM-Literêr]], 1984 (along with ''[[Die Bcaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaurgemeester]]'' and ''[[Montserrat]]'')
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the original French by [[Bartho Smit]] as ''[[Becket of Die Eer van God]]'', and published in the collection ''[[Bartho Smit-vertalings]]'' No 4 by [[HAUM|HAUM-Literêr]], 1984 (along with ''[[Die Burgemeester]]'' and ''[[Montserrat]]'')
 A new English translation by Frederic Raphael and Stephen Raphael was done in London in October 1991.

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 : Produced by [[David Schalkwyk]] for the [[USAT|University of Stellenbosch Amateur Theatre]] at the [[Libertas Theatre]] from 1 to 4 May, starring [[Marthinus Basson]] as Henry II and [[Steffen Zoutendijk]] as Thomas Becket.
-: [[Bartho Smit]]'s [[Afrikaans]] version was performed by [[PACT]] in the [[State Theatre]], featuring [[Marius Weyers]] and [[Frans Marx]].
+: [[Bartho Smit]]'s [[Afrikaans]] version was performed by [[PACT]] in the [[State Theatre]], directed by [[Francois Swart]] and featuring [[Marius Weyers]] and [[Frans Marx]].
 == Sources ==