Desire under the Elms - Revision history

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The original text

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Translations and adaptations

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Sources

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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	The play was inspired by the Greek myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus.		The play was inspired by the Greek myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : ''Desire under the Elms'' was presented by the [[Cape Town Repertory Theatre Society]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in July, directed by [[Kurt Baum]].
 : ''Begeerte'', the [[Nerina Ferreira|Ferreira]] [[Afrikaans]] translation, was staged by [[PACT]] in the [[Arena Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Abbie), [[Carel Trichardt]] (Ephraim) and [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Eben).
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 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.123. (1938 production).
 [[PACT]] theatre programme (undated)

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : ''Begeerte'', the [[Nerina Ferreira|Ferreira]] [[Afrikaans]] translation, was staged by [[PACT]] in the [[Arena Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Abbie), [[Carel Trichardt]] (Ephraim) and [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Eben).
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 == Sources ==
 [[PACT]] theatre programme (undated)

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''Begeerte''''' (“Desire”) by [[Nerina Ferreira]].
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''[[Begeerte]]''' (“Desire”) by [[Nerina Ferreira]].
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''Begeerte onder die Olmbome''''' (“Desire under the Elm Trees”) by (???).
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''[[Begeerte onder die Olmbome]]''' (“Desire under the Elm Trees”) by (???).
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 == Sources ==
+[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	'''''Desire under the Elms''''' is a 1924 play by American playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill]. A classic play about love and desire in a rural American family. One of the great plays of the 20th century, it was first performed by the Proivince town Players in Greenwhich Village in 1924, starring Walter Huston. Also published in America in 1924. The first film, starring Sophia Loren, Burl Ives and Anthony Perkins, was made in 1958. ***	+	'''''Desire under the Elms''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_Under_the_Elms] is a 1924 play by American playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill]. A classic play about love and desire in a rural American family. One of the great plays of the 20th century, it was first performed by the Proivince town Players in Greenwhich Village in 1924, starring Walter Huston. Also published in America in 1924. The first film, starring Sophia Loren, Burl Ives and Anthony Perkins, was made in 1958. ***

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-**: ''Begeerte'', the [[Nerina Ferreira|Ferreira]] [[Afrikaans]] translation, was staged by [[PACT]] in the [[Arena Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Barney Simon]], with a cast including [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Abbie), [[Carel Trichardt]] (Ephraim) and [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Eben).
+**: ''Begeerte'', the [[Nerina Ferreira|Ferreira]] [[Afrikaans]] translation, was staged by [[PACT]] in the [[Arena Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Abbie), [[Carel Trichardt]] (Ephraim) and [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Eben).
 : [[Janice Honeyman]] adapted the [[Afrikaans]] text to a South African environment in her 2006 production for the [[KKNK]] and the [[Baxter Theatre]], design by [[Birrie le Roux]], music by [[Royston Stoffels]] and starring [[Marius Weyers]], [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]] and [[Jan Ellis]].
 : Performed in the [[Golden Arrow Studio]]  at the [[Baxter Theatre]] 9-26 July. Transposed from O'Neill's New England setting to the Eastern Cape in the 1890s, directed by [[Fred Abrahamse]] with [[Mbali Bloom]], [[Robin Smith]] and [[Marcel Meyer]].
 == Sources ==

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-''Desire under the Elms'' by [[Eugene O'Neill]]. A classic play about love and desire in a rural American family. One of the great plays of the 20th century, it was first performed by the Proivince town Players in Greenwhich Village in 1924, starring Walter Huston. Also published in America in 1924. The first film,  starring Sophia Loren, Burl Ives and Anthony Perkins, was made in 1958. ***
+'''''Desire under the Elms''''' is a 1924 play by American playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]] (1888-1953) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill]. A classic play about love and desire in a rural American family. One of the great plays of the 20th century, it was first performed by the Proivince town Players in Greenwhich Village in 1924, starring Walter Huston. Also published in America in 1924. The first film,  starring Sophia Loren, Burl Ives and Anthony Perkins, was made in 1958. ***
 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Begeerte]]'' (“Desire”) by [[Nerina Ferreira]]. **
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