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	''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]'' theatre programme, 1971.		''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]'' theatre programme, 1971.
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		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Strindberg		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Strindberg

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 ===''[[Play Strindberg]]'' an adaptation by Friedrich Durrenmatt===
-Written in 1968 and published in 1969, this is a free adaptation of [[August Strindberg]]'s ''[[The Dance of Death]]''. Though it is in many ways an independent and quite different play, it makes use of the characters and central situation of ''[[The Dance of Death]]''. The author's alternative working title for the play was '''''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]''''', possibly the better known title in South Africa.
+This is a free adaptation of [[August Strindberg]]'s ''[[Dödsdansen]]''. Though it is in many ways an independent and quite different play, it makes use of the characters and central situation of ''[[The Dance of Death]]''. The author's alternative working title for the play was '''''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]''''', possibly the better known title in South Africa.
-Published in English as ''[[Play Strindberg: The dance of death, choreographed by Friedrich Durrenmatt]]'' translated from the German by James Kirkup.    London : Jonathan Cape, 1972.
+It is a free adaptation of August Strindberg's using Strindberg's characters. The author's alternative working title for the play was '''''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]''''', possibly the better known title in South Africa.
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 Two plays about a dead marriage and the bitterness that binds the characters.
-The first text (Dance of Death Part 1) was written in September 1900, and then, after receiving a response to the play, part two was written in November. The two plays have much in common, and each is a full length theatrical work.
+The first text (Dance of Death Part 1) was written in September 1900, and then, after receiving a response to the play, part two was written in November. The two plays have much in common, and are sometimes performed in tandem, though each is a full length theatrical work.
 Performances include one at the Intima Teatern, Stockholm,  in 1909, directed by August Falck

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 An [[Afrikaans]] translation entitled ''[[Dodedans]]'' is listed in the ''[[Geleende Vere]]'' theatre programme of  [[André Huguenet]]'s [[Teatergroep]] in 1944. The translator is not named, but it is clearly an earlier translation than the one subsequently done by [[Bartho Smit]].
-An [[Afrikaans]] translation by [[Bartho Smit]], also entitled ''[[Dodedans]]'' was published in ''[[Bartho Smit – Vertalings 3]]'' by [[HAUM]] Literêr, 1984.
+An [[Afrikaans]] translation by [[Bartho Smit]], also entitled ''[[Dodedans]]'' and performed in 1967, was published in ''[[Bartho Smit – Vertalings 3]]'' by [[HAUM]] Literêr, 1984.
 ===''[[Play Strindberg]]'' an adaptation by Friedrich Durrenmatt===

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−	''[[Dödsdansen]]'' ("Dance of death") refers to two related Swedish plays by August Strindberg (1849-1912)[]	+	''[[Dödsdansen]]'' ("Dance of death") refers to two related Swedish plays by August Strindberg (1849-1912)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Strindberg]

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	Published in English as ''[[Play Strindberg: The dance of death, choreographed by Friedrich Durrenmatt]]'' translated from the German by James Kirkup. London : Jonathan Cape, 1972.		Published in English as ''[[Play Strindberg: The dance of death, choreographed by Friedrich Durrenmatt]]'' translated from the German by James Kirkup. London : Jonathan Cape, 1972.
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−	it is an independent and quite different play. Also known by its alternative working title ''[[Strindberg Without Tears]]'' [http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/41152984?sid=21105584575971&uid=70&uid=2&uid=3739368&uid=2129&uid=4].. '''See''' ''[[Play Strindberg]]''.

	===Film versions===		===Film versions===

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 The plays were adapted and filmed a number of times (e.g. ''The Dance of Death'' (France, 1948, with Erich von Stroheim);
-''The Dance of Death'' (West Germany, 1967, with Lilli Palmer); and ''Dance of Death'' (UK, 1969, with Laurence Olivier) and Dödsdansen (1996)
+''The Dance of Death'' (West Germany, 1967, with Lilli Palmer); and ''Dance of Death'' (UK, 1969, with Laurence Olivier) and ''[[Dödsdansen]]'' (a made for TV film, directed in Swedish by Torbjörn Ehrnvall, 1996)
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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		+	Two plays about a dead marriage and the bitterness that binds the characters.

	The first text (Dance of Death Part 1) was written in September 1900, and then, after receiving a response to the play, part two was written in November. The two plays have much in common, and each is a full length theatrical work.		The first text (Dance of Death Part 1) was written in September 1900, and then, after receiving a response to the play, part two was written in November. The two plays have much in common, and each is a full length theatrical work.