Die Verminktes - Revision history

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Miriamt at 19:05, 6 January 2021

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 A controversial [[Afrikaans]] play on miscegenation and Calvinist angst. Written in the 1950s.
-Submitted to both [[National Theatre Organisation]] (in Afrikaans) and London's [[Royal Court Theatre]] (in English) in 1959, it was rejected for production by the state funded [[NTO]], though the English version was performed in Britain in 1960 where it won the [[Encyclopaedia Brittanica Award]]. It was for many years denied performance in [[Afrikaans]].
+Submitted to both [[National Theatre Organisation]] (in Afrikaans) and London's [[Royal Court Theatre]] (in English) in 1959, it was rejected for production by the state funded [[NTO]], though the English version was performed in Britain in 1960 where it won the [[Encyclopaedia Britannica Award]]. It was for many years denied performance in [[Afrikaans]].
 The original Afrikaans text was published in 1960 by [[Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel]] and dedicated to "Hermien" (actress, director and theatre historian [[Hermien Dommisse]]). A second, revised, version was published by [[Perskor]] in 1976. The latter text was finally staged in [[Afrikaans]] by [[PACT]] in 1977.

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 : Submitted to both [[National Theatre Organisation]] (in Afrikaans) and London's [[Royal Court Theatre]] (in English). Rejected for production by the state funded [[NTO]], it was for many years denied performance in [[Afrikaans]].
-: Accepted and performed to great acclaim in English as ''[[The Maimed]]'' at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by [[Keith Johnstone]] as part of "The Sunday night productions without decor" series of ninety-nine fully rehearsed plays, each presented with minimal scenery or costumes for one or two nights from 1957-1975, starring Wesley Pithey as "Bart Harmse", opening on 27 November. The play won a [[Britannica Award]].
+: Accepted and performed to great acclaim in English as ''[[The Maimed]]'' at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by [[Keith Johnstone]] as part of "The Sunday night productions without decor" series of ninety-nine fully rehearsed plays, each presented with minimal scenery or costumes for one or two nights from 1957-1975, starring Wesley Pithey as "Bart Harmse", opening on 27 November. The play won an [[Encyclopaedia Britannica Award]].
 : Staged in [[Afrikaans]] by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Patrick Mynhardt]] (Senator Bart Harmse), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Elize), [[Johan Malherbe]] (Prof. Jones), [[Don Lamprecht]] (Frans Harmse), [[Nigel Vermaas]] (Jan Barnard), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Martha), [[John Harley]] (Zoeloe) and [[Gerben Kamper]] (Skollie). Decor by [[Martin Pelser]] and costumes by [[Frances Michaletos]].

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 A controversial [[Afrikaans]] play on miscegenation and Calvinist angst. Written in the 1950s.
-Submitted to both [[National Theatre Organisation]] (in Afrikaans) and London's [[Royal Court Theatre]] (in English) in 1959, it was rejected for production by the state funded [[NTO]], though the English version was performed in Britain in 1960 where it won the [[Brittania Award]]. It was for many years denied performance in [[Afrikaans]].
+Submitted to both [[National Theatre Organisation]] (in Afrikaans) and London's [[Royal Court Theatre]] (in English) in 1959, it was rejected for production by the state funded [[NTO]], though the English version was performed in Britain in 1960 where it won the [[Encyclopaedia Brittanica Award]]. It was for many years denied performance in [[Afrikaans]].
 The original Afrikaans text was published in 1960 by [[Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel]] and dedicated to "Hermien" (actress, director and theatre historian [[Hermien Dommisse]]). A second, revised, version was published by [[Perskor]] in 1976. The latter text was finally staged in [[Afrikaans]] by [[PACT]] in 1977.

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 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 V|V]] in Plays I Original SA Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Submitted to both [[National Theatre Organisation]] (in Afrikaans) and London's [[Royal Court Theatre]] (in English). Rejected for production by the state funded [[NTO]], it was for many years denied performance in [[Afrikaans]], though the English version was performed in Britain in 1960, the production receiving a Brittanica Award.
+: Submitted to both [[National Theatre Organisation]] (in Afrikaans) and London's [[Royal Court Theatre]] (in English). Rejected for production by the state funded [[NTO]], it was for many years denied performance in [[Afrikaans]].
-: Performed to great acclaim in English as ''[[The Maimed]]'' at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by [[Keith Johnstone]] as part of "The Sunday night productions without decor" series of ninety-nine fully rehearsed plays, each presented with minimal scenery or costumes for one or two nights from 1957-1975, starring Wesley Pithey as "Bart Harmse", opening on 27 November. The play won a [[Britannica Award]].
+: Accepted and performed to great acclaim in English as ''[[The Maimed]]'' at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by [[Keith Johnstone]] as part of "The Sunday night productions without decor" series of ninety-nine fully rehearsed plays, each presented with minimal scenery or costumes for one or two nights from 1957-1975, starring Wesley Pithey as "Bart Harmse", opening on 27 November. The play won a [[Britannica Award]].
 : Staged in [[Afrikaans]] by [[PACT]], directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]], with [[Patrick Mynhardt]] (Senator Bart Harmse), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Elize), [[Johan Malherbe]] (Prof. Jones), [[Don Lamprecht]] (Frans Harmse), [[Nigel Vermaas]] (Jan Barnard), [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] (Martha), [[John Harley]] (Zoeloe) and [[Gerben Kamper]] (Skollie). Decor by [[Martin Pelser]] and costumes by [[Frances Michaletos]].
-*?: Presented in [[Afrikaans]] by [[Theatre Workshop]] (year ?), directed by [[Farouk Valley-Omar]], starring [[Sauli Esau]], [[Suzie Jenneker]], [[David Mettler]], [[Addey Moolman]], [[Richard Appies]], [[Marillize Brink]], [[Farouk Valley-Omar]].
+*?: Presented in [[Afrikaans]] by [[Theatre Workshop]], directed by [[Farouk Valley-Omar]], starring [[Sauli Esau]], [[Suzie Jenneker]], [[David Mettler]], [[Addey Moolman]], [[Richard Appies]], [[Marillize Brink]], [[Farouk Valley-Omar]].
 == Sources ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Translated into English as ''[[The Maimed]]'' by the author himself in 1959. The English version remains unpublished. However, a bound copy of the typed text, entitled ''[[The Maimed or Abelard & Heloise]]'' was recently discovered in the (now defunct) [[PACT]] archives by [[Bronwyn Lovegrove]] and [[Marisa Keuris]]. [[Bartho Smit]] is given as sole author. However, [[Erika Terblanche]] lists a [[Pieter Venter]] as the translator of ''[[Die Verminktes]]'' as well as of ''[[Christine]]'' .
+Translated into English as ''[[The Maimed]]'' by the author himself in 1959. The English version remains unpublished. However, a bound copy of the typed text, entitled ''[[The Maimed or Abelard & Heloise]]'' was recently discovered in the (now defunct) [[PACT]] archives by [[Bronwyn Lovegrove]] and [[Marisa Keuris]]. [[Bartho Smit]] is given as sole author. However, [[Erika Terblanche]] lists a [[Pieter Venter]] as the translator of ''[[Die Verminktes]]'' as well as of '''''[[Christine]]''''' .
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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	Bolar, Gordon Maxwell, "The Sunday Night Productions Without Decor at the Royal Court Theatre, 1957-1975 (England, Playwriting, Drama)." (1984). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 4006. [https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/4006].		Bolar, Gordon Maxwell, "The Sunday Night Productions Without Decor at the Royal Court Theatre, 1957-1975 (England, Playwriting, Drama)." (1984). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 4006. [https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/4006].
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		+	[[Erika Terblanche]]. 2018. "[[Bartho Smit]] (1924–1987)" [[ATKV\|LitNet-Skrywersalbum]][https://www.litnet.co.za/bartho-smit-1924-1987/]

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