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	[[Juanita Praeg]]. 2018. "Drifting: Reminiscing. Remembering. Reinventing. Reza" (Draft manuscript, courtesy of the author.)		[[Juanita Praeg]]. 2018. "Drifting: Reminiscing. Remembering. Reinventing. Reza" (Draft manuscript, courtesy of the author.)
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		+	[[Daniël Botha Stander]]. 2016. ''Reza de Wet’s Channeling of the Long Nineteenth Century on Post-1994 South African Stages''. Unpublished MA thesis, University of Stellenbosch.[http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/98824]

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 ==The original text==
-The text written by [[Reza de Wet]], and the performance created by Gordon and the cast, are based on the fraught story of Adam and the mythical character "Lilith", according to Jewish folklore Adam's first wife.
+The text written by [[Reza de Wet]], and the performance created by Gordon and the cast, are based on the fraught story of Adam and the mythical character "Lilith", in many cultures seen as a dangerous and seductive demon of the night and according to Jewish folklore Adam's first wife.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith]
 The play opens with the following motto:

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 ==The original text==
-The text written by [[Reza de Wet]], and the performance created by Gordon and the cast, are based on the story of Adam and the mythical character "Lilith", according to Jewish folklore Adam's first wife, who betrays Adam.
+The text written by [[Reza de Wet]], and the performance created by Gordon and the cast, are based on the fraught story of Adam and the mythical character "Lilith", according to Jewish folklore Adam's first wife.
-The text inverts the traditional version of the original story to make Lilith the vengeful betrayed one and Adam the betrayer. The work thus opens with what may be construed as the thematic motto for the play:
+The play opens with the following motto:
 "Beautiful Lilith, so they say, forlorn and betrayed by her husband, Adam, went away to live under the sea until, on a black night, hanging hard to the dark with her hands, and pushing against it with her feet, Lilith gave birth to the moon." (De Wet, 1998)
-According to [[Juanita Praeg|Praeg]] (2018), in exploring this theme the work "seeks to evoke an archaic and archetypal underworld", while simultaneously contemporising the narrative through a courtroom scene where a modern couple are engaged in divorce proceedings.
+According to [[Juanita Praeg|Praeg]] (2018), in exploring this theme the work "seeks to evoke an archaic and archetypal underworld", while simultaneously contemporising the narrative in a courtroom scene where a modern couple are engaged in divorce proceedings.
 The text of the script, and a description of the work by [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], has been published in ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre'' ([[First Physical Theatre Company]], 2002).

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 "Beautiful Lilith, so they say, forlorn and betrayed by her husband, Adam, went away to live under the sea until, on a black night, hanging hard to the dark with her hands, and pushing against it with her feet, Lilith gave birth to the moon." (De Wet, 1998)
-According to Praeg (2018), in exploring this theme the work "seeks to evoke an archaic and archetypal underworld", while simultaneously contemporising the narrative through a courtroom scene where a modern couple are engaged in divorce proceedings.
+According to [[Juanita Praeg|Praeg]] (2018), in exploring this theme the work "seeks to evoke an archaic and archetypal underworld", while simultaneously contemporising the narrative through a courtroom scene where a modern couple are engaged in divorce proceedings.
-The text of the script and a description of the work (by [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]) has been published in ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre'' ([[First Physical Theatre Company]], 2002).
+The text of the script, and a description of the work by [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], has been published in ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre'' ([[First Physical Theatre Company]], 2002).
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==The original text==
-The text, written by [[Reza de Wet]], and the performance created by Gordon and the cast, is based on the story of Adam and the mythical character "Lilith", according to Jewish folklore Adam's first wife.
+The text written by [[Reza de Wet]], and the performance created by Gordon and the cast, are based on the story of Adam and the mythical character "Lilith", according to Jewish folklore Adam's first wife, who betrays Adam.
-The text inverts the traditional version of the original story to make Adam the betrayer and Lilith the vengeful betrayee. The work thus opens with what may be construed as the thematic motto for the play:
+The text inverts the traditional version of the original story to make Lilith the vengeful betrayed one and Adam the betrayer. The work thus opens with what may be construed as the thematic motto for the play:
 "Beautiful Lilith, so they say, forlorn and betrayed by her husband, Adam, went away to live under the sea until, on a black night, hanging hard to the dark with her hands, and pushing against it with her feet, Lilith gave birth to the moon." (De Wet, 1998)

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 ''[[Lilith]]'' is a collaborative [[danceplay]] by [[Gary Gordon]] and [[Reza de Wet]] (1952-2012).
-The play evokes an archaic and archetypal underworld, describing the mythic betrayal of [Lilith by Adam/of Adam by Lilith??], She is said by Jewish folklore to have been Adam's first wife.
+==The original text==
 The text of the script and a description of the work (by [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]) has been published in ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre'' ([[First Physical Theatre Company]], 2002).
 == Sources ==

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	The text of the script and a description of the work (by [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]) has been published in ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre'' ([[First Physical Theatre Company]], 2002).		The text of the script and a description of the work (by [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]) has been published in ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre'' ([[First Physical Theatre Company]], 2002).
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		+	[[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]. 2002. ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre''. Grahamstown: [[First Physical Theatre Company]].
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		+	[[Juanita Praeg]]. 2018. "Drifting: Reminiscing. Remembering. Reinventing. Reza" (Draft manuscript, courtesy of the author.)

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	In Lillith (1998), Reza evokes an archaic and archetypal underworld which describes the mythic betrayal of Lilith by Adam.		In Lillith (1998), Reza evokes an archaic and archetypal underworld which describes the mythic betrayal of Lilith by Adam.
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		+	The text of the script and a description of the work (by [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]) has been published in ''Physical Intelligence Volume 1: Experiments in Physical Theatre'' ([[First Physical Theatre Company]], 2002).