Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth - Revision history

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''[[Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth]]'' are two plays by Tom Stoppard (1937-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Stoppard], written to be performed together.

== The original text ==

Dogg's language is used to demonstrate the lack of understanding amongst people who work and talk together. This language is set against the two similar Shakespearian tragedies of ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Macbeth]]''.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1984: Produced by students of the [[University of Pretoria]] at the [[National Arts Festival]]. Director and Set designer [[Welma Piek]].

1985: Produced by [[PACOFS]] 1985, directed by [[Ken Leach]], with [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]], [[Marchelle Verwey]]

1988: Produced by students of the [[University of Natal]] at the [[National Arts Festival]], 1988.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Sources ==

National Arts Festival programmes, 1984 and 1988.

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == The original text ==
-Written as two interlinked plays, the first an exploration of Shakespeare's "foreign" language through a performance of ''[[Hamlet]]'', and the second dedicated to Pavel Kohout, and presents an underground performance of ''[[Macbeth]]'' under the threat of Czech political harassment. The play was published with the instruction that "the two parts must be performed together and may not be done with any other play." (Samuel French edition, London, 1980)
+Written as two interlinked plays, the first an exploration of Shakespeare's "foreign" language through a performance of ''[[Hamlet]]'', and the second dedicated to Pavel Kohout, and presents an underground performance of ''[[Macbeth]]'' under the threat of Czech political harassment. The play was published with the instruction that "the two parts must be performed together and may not be done with any other play." (Samuel French edition, London, 1979)
-The plays opened on  Broadway at the ''22 Steps''  on October 3, 1979.
+The plays opened on  Broadway at the ''22 Steps''  on October 3, 1979. Published in the same year.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 == Sources ==
-National Arts Festival programmes, 1984 and 1988.
+[[National Arts Festival]] programmes, 1984 and 1988.
-PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
+[[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988