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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;<a href="/index.php/Fando_y_Lis" title="Fando y Lis">Fando y Lis</a>&#039;&#039; is a one-act Spanish play by Fernando Arrabal (1932-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal] Also known as &#039;&#039;<a href="/index.php/Fando_et_Lis" class="mw-redirect" title="Fando et Lis">Fando et Lis</a>&#039;&#039; (French), &#039;&#039;Fan...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''[[Fando y Lis]]'' is a one-act Spanish play by Fernando Arrabal (1932-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal]<br /> <br /> Also known as ''[[Fando et Lis]]'' (French), ''[[Fando and Lis]]'' (English) and ''[[Fando en Lis]]'' ([[Afrikaans]]).<br /> <br /> <br /> == The original text ==<br /> <br /> An absurdist work written at a time when Arrabal was working with Alejandro Jodorowsky on performance art. It tells of Fando and his paraplegic girlfriend Lis and their journey through a barren, postapocalyptic wasteland in search of the mythical city of Tar, where one will know the true nature of eternity, and reach enlightenment.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fando_y_Lis] <br /> <br /> The text Published by Julliard, Paris in 1958.<br /> <br /> ==Translations and adaptations==<br /> <br /> Translated into English as ''[[Fando and Lis]]'' by Barbara Wright (Calder and Boyars, 1962).<br /> <br /> Translated from the French into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Fando en Lis]]'' by [[M.M. Walters]].<br /> <br /> In 1968 it was made into an international film, with script and direction by Alejandro Jodorowsky[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Jodorowsky]. Shot in high-contrast black-and-white, it was first shown at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968. In 1971 the film was shown in English as ''[[Tar Babies]]'' in London. <br /> <br /> == Performance history in South Africa ==<br /> <br /> 1971: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by [[CAPAB]] in February in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] with [[Trudi du Plessis]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Pieter Joubert]], [[David Haynes]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]]. Directed by [[Pieter Fourie]] (in his debut as director) as a lunch-hour production. Also performed was ''[[Die Twee Laksmanne]]''(Arrabal). Decor by [[Pieter de Swardt]].<br /> <br /> <br /> 1974: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by [[PACT]] at the [[Arena Theatre]], directed by [[Pieter Fourie]] with a cast that included [[Denis Bettesworth]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Errol Ross]], [[Tobie Cronjé]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Nigel Vermaas]]. The play was suspended in early June after [[Errol Ross]] (as &quot;Fando&quot;) was injured.<br /> <br /> == Sources ==<br /> Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal].<br /> <br /> ''[[Fando en Lis]]'' programme (1971 production).<br /> <br /> Review written by [[Michael Venables]], ''[[The Rand Daily Mail]]'' 15 May 1974.<br /> <br /> Two copies of the [[Afrikaans]] text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[ESAT repository]] at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.<br /> <br /> Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]<br /> <br /> == Return to ==<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[Main Page]]</div>

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