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''[[Jacques ou la soumission]]'' is an absurdist play by Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco].

Sometimes simply referred to as '''''[[Jacques]]'''''.

==The original text==

The play tells of Jack's arranged marriage to Roberta and, when the first Roberta is not satisfactory, Roberta II. The play contains nonsensical exchanges and strings of clichés, similar to Ionesco's ''[[The Bald Soprano]]'' and the sort of surreal conceits (Roberta's multiple noses, for example) common in many of his later plays.

==Translations and adaptations==

Translated into English as ''[[Jack or The Submission]]''

Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Madeleine Barnard]] as ''[[Jacques of Onderdanigheid]]'' and adapted for performance by [[André van der Merwe]].

==South African Performances==

1989: ''[[Jacques of Onderdanigheid]]'' was performed by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] as their official entry for the [[National Arts Festival]]'s Student Drama Festival. Directed by [[André van der Merwe]] with a cast that included [[Waldemar Schultz|Waldi Schultz]], [[Catherine Fenix]], [[Raél Mercuur]] and others.

== Sources ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack,_or_The_Submission

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