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 : First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955 with [[Stanley Coghan]] as the deranged Roman emperor.
-: Produced in 1955 by [[Mavis Taylor]] for the University of Cape Town Dramatic Society at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, opening 22 June 1955. Costumes designed by [[Mavis Taylor]], music arranged by [[Gunther Pulvermacher]], lighting by [[Clifford Taylor]].
+: Produced in 1955 by [[Mavis Taylor]] for the [[University of Cape Town Dramatic Society]] at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, opening 22 June 1955. Costumes designed by [[Mavis Taylor]], music arranged by [[Gunther Pulvermacher]], lighting by [[Clifford Taylor]].
 : [[Johannesburg Repertory Society]], [[Library Theatre]], with [[Brenda Wood]] as Caesonia.

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-''[[Caligula]]'' is a play by Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus]. An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945.
+''[[Caligula]]'' is a play by Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus].
 == The original text ==
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 English translation by Stuart Gilbert.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955 with [[Stanley Coghan]] as the deranged Roman emperor.
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 == Sources ==
 Little Theatre programme, 1955.

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-'''''Caligula''''' is a play by Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus]. An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945.
+''[[Caligula]]'' is a play by Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus]. An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945.
 == The original text ==
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 : Produced in 1955 by [[Mavis Taylor]] for the University of Cape Town Dramatic Society at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, opening 22 June 1955. Costumes designed by [[Mavis Taylor]], music arranged by [[Gunther Pulvermacher]], lighting by [[Clifford Taylor]].
 == Sources ==
 Little Theatre programme, 1955.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 79.

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-''Caligula'' by Albert Camus. An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945. English translation by Stuart Gilbert
+'''''Caligula''''' is a play by Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus]. An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945.
 == The original text ==
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955 with [[Stanley Coghan]] as the deranged Roman emperor.
+: First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955 with [[Stanley Coghan]] as the deranged Roman emperor.
-Produced in 1955 by [[Mavis Taylor]] for the University of Cape Town Dramatic Society at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, opening 22 June 1955. Costumes designed by [[Mavis Taylor]], music arranged by [[Gunther Pulvermacher]], lighting by [[Clifford Taylor]].
+: Produced in 1955 by [[Mavis Taylor]] for the University of Cape Town Dramatic Society at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, opening 22 June 1955. Costumes designed by [[Mavis Taylor]], music arranged by [[Gunther Pulvermacher]], lighting by [[Clifford Taylor]].
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955?* with [[Stanley Coghan]].
+First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955 with [[Stanley Coghan]] as the deranged Roman emperor.
 Produced in 1955 by [[Mavis Taylor]] for the University of Cape Town Dramatic Society at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, opening 22 June 1955. Costumes designed by [[Mavis Taylor]], music arranged by [[Gunther Pulvermacher]], lighting by [[Clifford Taylor]].
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 == Sources ==
 Little Theatre programme, 1955.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	+	''Caligula'' by Albert Camus. An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945. English translation by Stuart Gilbert first performed in South Africa by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955?* with [[Stanley Coghan]].