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''[[Oedipus by Ted Hughes]]'' is a 1969 adaptation and translation of Seneca's play ''[[Oedipus by Seneca|Oedipus]]''.

==The original text==

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

This version of the play was presented by [[PACT]] Drama in 1971 in the [[Arena]] of the [[State Theatre]] under the direction of [[Schalk Jacobsz]] starring [[Jan Engelen]], [[Joan Friedman]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Nigel Vermaas]], [[Marion Craig-Smith]], [[Stephan Bouwer]], [[Noel Roos]] and [[Will Bernard]], choreographed by [[Francois Swart]].

In 1980 the adaptation by Hughes was staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The cast included [[Danny Keogh]], [[Grethe Fox]], [[Michael O'Brien]], [[Joko Scott]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Linda Harris]], ([[Fiona Ramsay]]?) (and [[Robin Smith]]?).

A translation into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Noël Roos]], [[Libé Ferreira]] and [[Johann van Heerden]] of this version, entitled ''[[Oidipus]]'', was directed by [[Noël Roos|Roos]] for the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in October 1982, starring [[Albert Maritz]], [[Libé Ferreira]], [[Belinda Richardson]], [[Antoinette Pienaar]], [[Nicola van der Walt]], [[Trudi Huskisson]], [[Michelle Alberts]], [[Isadora Verwey]] and [[Ilze Swanepoel]].

== Sources ==

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 [[Betine van Zyl Smit]]. 2010. "Oedipus and Afrikaans Theater" in ''Comparative Drama'' (Vol. 44, No. 4: pp. 477-493)[http://www.jstor.org/stable/23238802]
+Copy of the typed [[Afrikaans]] translation by Roos et al. found in the Drama Department archives of [[Stellenbosch University]].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-The Ted Hughes version was translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Noël Roos]], [[Libé Ferreira]] and [[Johann van Heerden]] of this version, and entitled ''[[Oidipus]]''. This version is unpublished.
+The Ted Hughes version was translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Noël Roos]], [[Libé Ferreira]] and [[Johann van Heerden]] of this version, and entitled ''[[Oidipus]]''. This version was performed in 1982, but the text is unpublished.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 : Produced by [[PACT]] Drama in the [[Arena]] of the [[State Theatre]]. Directed by [[Schalk Jacobsz]] with [[Jan Engelen]], [[Joan Friedman]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Nigel Vermaas]], [[Marion Craig-Smith]], [[Stephan Bouwer]], [[Noel Roos]] and [[Will Bernard]]. Choreographed by [[Francois Swart]].
-: Staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The cast included [[Danny Keogh]], [[Grethe Fox]], [[Michael O'Brien]], [[Joko Scott]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Linda Harris]], ([[Fiona Ramsay]]?) (and [[Robin Smith]]?).
+: Staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The cast included [[Danny Keogh]] (Oedipus), [[Grethe Fox]] (Jocasta), [[Michael O'Brien]], [[Joko Scott]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Linda Harris]], [[Fiona Ramsay]] (and [[Robin Smith]]?).
-A translation into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Noël Roos]], [[Libé Ferreira]] and [[Johann van Heerden]] of this version, entitled ''[[Oidipus]]'',  was directed by [[Noël Roos|Roos]] for the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in October 1982, starring [[Albert Maritz]], [[Libé Ferreira]], [[Belinda Richardson]], [[Antoinette Pienaar]], [[Nicola van der Walt]], [[Trudi Huskisson]], [[Michelle Alberts]], [[Isadora Verwey]] and [[Ilze Swanepoel]].
+: A translation into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Noël Roos]], [[Libé Ferreira]] and [[Johann van Heerden]] of this version, entitled ''[[Oidipus]]'',  was directed by [[Noël Roos|Roos]] for the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in October 1982, starring [[Albert Maritz]], [[Libé Ferreira]], [[Belinda Richardson]], [[Antoinette Pienaar]], [[Nicola van der Walt]], [[Trudi Huskisson]], [[Michelle Alberts]], [[Isadora Verwey]] and [[Ilze Swanepoel]].
 == Sources ==
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_(Seneca)
-''Helikon'', 5(21), 1955.
+''[[Helikon]]'', 5(21), 1955.
-Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
+[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
 ''Oedipus'' theatre programmes, PACT, 1971, 1990.

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King
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		+	https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_van_vertalings_in_Afrikaans
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		+	[[ESAT Bibliography Com-Cop\|P.J. Conradie]], 1999
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		+	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_(Seneca)
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		+	''Helikon'', 5(21), 1955.
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		+	Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
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		+	''Oedipus'' theatre programmes, PACT, 1971, 1990.
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		+	[[Bettine van Zyl Smit\|B. van Zyl Smit]] 2003 "The Receptions of Greek Tragedy in the 'Old' and the 'New' South Africa" in ''[[Akroterion]]'' 48 : 3-20)[http://akroterion.journals.ac.za]
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		+	[[Betine van Zyl Smit]]. 2010. "Oedipus and Afrikaans Theater" in ''Comparative Drama'' (Vol. 44, No. 4: pp. 477-493)[http://www.jstor.org/stable/23238802]
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	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

		+	The Ted Hughes version was translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Noël Roos]], [[Libé Ferreira]] and [[Johann van Heerden]] of this version, and entitled ''[[Oidipus]]''. This version is unpublished.

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==