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 : Presented by [[CAPAB]] directed by [[Laurie van der Merwe]] and taken on tour to Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester, George and Oudtshoorn.
-: ''[[Miss Los Istrata]]'' performed by students of the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] from 1 to 16 September. Directed by [[Robin Malan]] with a large cast that included actors such as [[Dawie Malan]], [[Johann van Heerden]], [[Bettie Kemp]], [[Chris Truter]] and many others. The music was composed by [[Deon Bosman]].
+: The première production of ''[[ Miss Los Istrata]]'' staged by students of the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] from 1 to 16 September. Directed by [[Robin Malan]], with a cast of all the students in the Drama Department, including [[Tarina Kleyn]] (Miss Los Istrata), [[Johann van Heerden]] (agent 0011CIAMI5KGBSB), [[Dawie Malan]] (UK no. 1 & Marlene Dietrich), [[Tessa Cowan]], [[Elsabe Kok]], [[Sybil Coetzee]], [[Awie de Swardt]], [[Deon Bosman]] (Boris Itsykrotch Hahvitov), [[Ilse Treurnicht]], [[Jannie Botes]] (USA no. 2), [[Lindy Smith]] (Miss UK), [[Chris Truter]] (USSR no. 3), [[Chris Visser]], and others (all playing various roles). Music by [[Deon Bosman]], choreography by [[Jacqui Singer]], costumes by [[Elaine Aucamp]] and lighting by [[Emile Aucamp]].
 : [[The Company]] did a version in the [[Arena Theatre]], wih a text adapted and directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The cast included [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Lysistrata), [[Jud Cornell]] (Kalonike), [[Sue Kiel]] (Myrrhine), [[Janice Honeyman]] (Lampito), [[Vanessa Cooke]] (A Boiotian Woman), [[Lindsay Reardon]] (Commissioner), [[David Eppel]] (Kinesias), [[Jon Ossher]] (Herald) and [[Danny Keogh]] ( Ambassador).
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 : The Van Rensburg [[Afrikaans]] translation performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]], directed by [[Marthinus Basson]].
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 Translated as '''''[[Lusistrata]]''''' into [[Afrikaans]] by [[J.P.J. van Rensburg]], published by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1970.
-Adapted for the South African context as a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] & English) text called '''''[[Miss Los Istrata]]''''' by [[Robin Malan]] (1972).
+Adapted for the South African context as a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] & English) text called '''''[[Miss Los Istrata]]''''' by [[Robin Malan]] (1972). The action is set at a contemporary ''Miss World'' competition where a “sex strike” for world peace and women’s liberation is led by one of the contenders, the representative of a small South American country.
 '''''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]''''' by [[Dermod Judge]] was based on the South African political situation in the mid-70s and first performed in 1977.

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		+	A comedy about Lysistrata's campaign to end the Peloponnesian War War by persuading the women of the warring cities to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace.

	First performed in 411 B.C., directed by the author.		First performed in 411 B.C., directed by the author.

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-Translated as ''[[Lusistrata]]'' into [[Afrikaans]] by [[J.P.J. van Rensburg]], published by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1970.
+Translated as '''''[[Lusistrata]]''''' into [[Afrikaans]] by [[J.P.J. van Rensburg]], published by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1970.
-Adapted for the South African context as a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] & English) text called ''[[Miss Los Istrata]]'' by [[Robin Malan]] (1972).
+Adapted for the South African context as a bilingual ([[Afrikaans]] & English) text called '''''[[Miss Los Istrata]]''''' by [[Robin Malan]] (1972).
-''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'' by [[Dermod Judge]] was based on the South African political situation in the mid-70s and first performed in 1977.
+'''''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]''''' by [[Dermod Judge]] was based on the South African political situation in the mid-70s and first performed in 1977.
-An adapted [[Afrikaans]] version of the original play, set in the Cape, was written by [[Ben Dehaeck]], with the title ''[[Lucy Strata]]'' (1984).
+An adapted [[Afrikaans]] version of the original play, set in the Cape, was written by [[Ben Dehaeck]], with the title '''''[[Lucy Strata]]''''' (1984).
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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	[[Petru Wessels\|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.		[[Petru Wessels\|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
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		+	Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the [[F.C.L. Bosman]] collection held at the [[Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum]] ([[NALN]]) in Bloemfontein.

	Theatre programme (Rhodes 1987) [[NELM]]: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 173.		Theatre programme (Rhodes 1987) [[NELM]]: [Collection: THEATRE PROGRAMMES]: 2012. 285. 1. 173.

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	2003: The Van Rensburg [[Afrikaans]] translation performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]], directed by [[Marthinus Basson]].		2003: The Van Rensburg [[Afrikaans]] translation performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]], directed by [[Marthinus Basson]].

−	1977: play has been adapted in many ways over the years. For example [[Lysistrata S.A.]] - based om the South African situation in the mid-70s – which was done in 1977 at [[Space Theatre\|The Space]] (Cape Town), with music composed by [[Alan Hayman]] and directed by [[Dorrian McLaren]] with sixteen actors, five musicians and a singer, including [[Charles Comyn]], [[Fatima Dike]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Joe Hartzenberg]], [[Merle Lifson]], [[Liza Mbizela]], [[James Mthoba]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Sam Phillips]], [[Jacqui Singer]] and others. The musicians were [[Ko Eckhart]], [[Alan Hayman]], [[Timmy Kwebulana]], [[Ezra Ngcukana]], [[Ray Perkel]]. Designer: [[Dimitri Nicolas-Fanourakis]].

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 : [[The Company]] did a version in the [[Arena Theatre]], wih a text adapted and directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The cast included [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] (Lysistrata), [[Jud Cornell]] (Kalonike), [[Sue Kiel]] (Myrrhine), [[Janice Honeyman]] (Lampito), [[Vanessa Cooke]] (A Boiotian Woman), [[Lindsay Reardon]] (Commissioner), [[David Eppel]] (Kinesias), [[Jon Ossher]] (Herald) and [[Danny Keogh]] ( Ambassador).
-: ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'' by [[Dermod Judge]] performed  at [[The Space]] (Cape Town), directed by [[Dorrian McLaren]], with music composed by [[Alan Hayman]]. The cast consisted of sixteen actors, five musicians and a singer, including [[Charles Comyn]], [[Fatima Dike]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Joe Hartzenberg]], [[Merle Lifson]], [[Liza Mbizela]], [[James Mthoba]], Thoko Ntshinga, Sam Phillips, Jacqui Singer and others. The musicians were Ko Eckhart, Alan Hayman, Timmy Kwebulana, Ezra Ngcukana, Ray Perkel. Designer: Dimitri Nicolas-Fanourakis.
+: ''[[Lysistrata S.A.]]'' by [[Dermod Judge]] performed  at [[The Space]] (Cape Town), directed by [[Dorrian McLaren]], with music composed by [[Alan Hayman]]. The cast consisted of sixteen actors, five musicians and a singer, including [[Charles Comyn]], [[Fatima Dike]], [[Andrea Fine]], [[Joe Hartzenberg]], [[Merle Lifson]], [[Liza Mbizela]], [[James Mthoba]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Sam Phillips]], [[Jacqui Singer]] and others. The musicians were [[Ko Eckhart]], [[Alan Hayman]], [[Timmy Kwebulana]], [[Ezra Ngcukana]], [[Ray Perkel]]. Designer: [[Dimitri Nicolas-Fanourakis]].
 : A production of the  Van Rensburg translation was staged by the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in the Langenhoven Student Centre at [[Stellenbosch University]] in May 1980, directed by [[Johann van Heerden]] (assisted by [[Ianette Rossouw]]), with [[Hélène Truter]] (Lusistrata), [[Wilna Engelbrecht]] (Kalonike), [[Niel le Roux]] (Proboelos), [[Herman Binge]] (Kinesias), [[Theresa Marais]] (Muurrine), [[Linda Jacobs]] (Lampito), [[Pamela Moag]] & [[Sharon Theron]] (Atheense Vroue), [[Estrellita Retief]] & [[Michelle Botes]] (Spartaanse vroue), [[Johan Rademan]] (Slaaf/Herout), [[Kobus Hanekom]] (Athener), [[Randall Wicomb]] (Spartaanse Gesant), [[Peter Holden]] (Portier) and [[Ianette Rossouw]] (Versoening), with a chorus of Old Women and a chorus of Old Men. Décor by [[Emile Aucamp]], costumes by [[Elaine Aucamp]] and masks by [[Marjorie van Heerden]], [[Lyn Lubbe]] and [[Elaine Aucamp]].