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 == International productions ==
-: Performed at the Nottingham Playhouse (opening on 29 April), then transferred to the Comedy Theatre, London[]. Produced by Oscar Lewenstein and Eddie Kulukindis, directed by [[Athol Fugard]] (assisted by Robert Barlow), it featured Paul Scofield (as  Dimetos), [[Yvonne Bryceland]] (Sophia), Celia Quicke (Lydia) and Ben Kinsley (Danilo). Company and stage Manager Barbara Penney, assisted by Julie Rutherford and Sarah Cowling, design by Douglas Heap and lighting by Brian Thomas.
+: Performed at the Nottingham Playhouse (opening on 29 April), then transferred to the Comedy Theatre, London. Produced by Oscar Lewenstein and Eddie Kulukindis, directed by [[Athol Fugard]] (assisted by Robert Barlow), it featured Paul Scofield (as  Dimetos), [[Yvonne Bryceland]] (Sophia), Celia Quicke (Lydia) and Ben Kinsley (Danilo). Company and stage Manager Barbara Penney, assisted by Julie Rutherford and Sarah Cowling, design by Douglas Heap and lighting by Brian Thomas.
 : Presented by the Berkshire Theater Festival at The Unicorn Theater, Stockbridge, Massachusetts,   directed by Peter Wallace with Eric Hill , Tara Franklin , Anne O'Sullivan and Jeremy Davidson.

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:35, 16 July 2025
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 == International productions ==
-: Performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1976, directed by Fugard, with Paul Scofield (as  Dimetos), [[Yvonne Bryceland]] (Sophia), Celia Quicke (Lydia) and [[Ben Kinsley]] (Danilo).
+: Performed at the Nottingham Playhouse (opening on 29 April), then transferred to the Comedy Theatre, London[]. Produced by Oscar Lewenstein and Eddie Kulukindis, directed by [[Athol Fugard]] (assisted by Robert Barlow), it featured Paul Scofield (as  Dimetos), [[Yvonne Bryceland]] (Sophia), Celia Quicke (Lydia) and Ben Kinsley (Danilo). Company and stage Manager Barbara Penney, assisted by Julie Rutherford and Sarah Cowling, design by Douglas Heap and lighting by Brian Thomas.
 : Presented by the Berkshire Theater Festival at The Unicorn Theater, Stockbridge, Massachusetts,   directed by Peter Wallace with Eric Hill , Tara Franklin , Anne O'Sullivan and Jeremy Davidson.

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 == International productions ==
-: Performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1976, directed by Fugard, with Paul Scofield (as  Dimetos).
+: Performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1976, directed by Fugard, with Paul Scofield (as  Dimetos), [[Yvonne Bryceland]] (Sophia), Celia Quicke (Lydia) and [[Ben Kinsley]] (Danilo).
 : Presented by the Berkshire Theater Festival at The Unicorn Theater, Stockbridge, Massachusetts,   directed by Peter Wallace with Eric Hill , Tara Franklin , Anne O'Sullivan and Jeremy Davidson.

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-''Dimetos'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]].
+''[[Dimetos]]'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]].
 == The original text ==
-Deeply metaphoric and not always well understood play, ''Dimetos'' is set in Greece. It utilizes what Fugard has called a "personal myth"  inspired by a short entry in the notebooks of Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus], to look at notions of creativity, duty and the destructive forces of human passion.
+Deeply metaphoric and not always well understood play, ''[[Dimetos]]'' is set in Greece. It utilizes what Fugard has called a "personal myth", inspired by a short entry in the notebooks of Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus], to look at notions of creativity, duty and the destructive forces of human passion.
 Originally commissioned for the 1975 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival Edinburgh Festival], performed by [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and the [[Serpent Players]], where it officially opened in the Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh on 27 August 1975. The text was revised in 1976.
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 == International productions ==
-: Performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1976, directed by Fugard, with Paul Scofield as  Dimetos.
+: Performed at the Comedy Theatre, London, in 1976, directed by Fugard, with Paul Scofield (as  Dimetos).
 : Presented by the Berkshire Theater Festival at The Unicorn Theater, Stockbridge, Massachusetts,   directed by Peter Wallace with Eric Hill , Tara Franklin , Anne O'Sullivan and Jeremy Davidson.
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 == Sources ==
 ''Readout: the Space club newsletter'' No.17 for June 1975
-''Dimetos'' theatre programmes 1975 and 1981
+''[[Dimetos]]'' theatre programmes 1975, 1976 and 1981
 Newspaper reviews of the Church Hill Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival production of Dimetos - 1975 ([[NELM]])
-Review: ''Variety'', June 18, 2002[http://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/dimetos-2-1200549014/]
+Review: ''[[Variety]]'', June 18, 2002[http://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/dimetos-2-1200549014/]
 http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/mar/26/dimetos-donmar-warehouse-london
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 Originally commissioned for the 1975 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival Edinburgh Festival], performed by [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and the [[Serpent Players]], where it officially opened in the Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh on 27 August 1975. The text was revised in 1976.
-First published in ''[[Dimetos]] and Two Early Plays'' by Oxford University Press, 1977.
+First published in ''[[Dimetos]] and Two Early Plays'' by [[Oxford University Press]], 1977.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:59, 4 February 2016
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−	A play by [[Athol Fugard]].	+	''Dimetos'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]].

	== The original text ==		== The original text ==