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		+	Photocopy of the published Betts text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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−	1995: Performed by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with ****	+	1995: Performed in thew [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with ****

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−	1995?: Performed by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with ****	+	1995: Performed by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with ****

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−	1995?: Performed by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department in 19, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with **	+	1995?: Performed by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with ****

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−	199: Performed by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department in 19, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with ***	+	1995?: Performed by students of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department in 19, directed by [[Shirley Johnston]], with **

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-''[[Ophelia Thinks Harder]]'' is a play by [[Jean Betts]].
+''[[Ophelia Thinks Harder]]'' is a play by Jean Betts (1955-)[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/betts-jean.html].
 == The original text ==
-The play is an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'', credited as being written by Jean Betts and William Shakespeare. It was apparently originally developed as a [[TIE]] exercise with university students, and then developed into a published play by Betts. It tells how Ophelia is reborn as a modern and free-thinking everywoman, one that experiences an awakening spiritually, philosophically, and sexually.
+The play is an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'', credited as being written by Jean Betts and William Shakespeare. It was created for the centennial of the 1993 woman's suffrage in New Zealand and was apparently developed as a [[TIE]] exercise, and then developed into a published play by Betts. It tells how Ophelia is reborn as a modern and free-thinking everywoman, one that experiences an awakening spiritually, philosophically, and sexually.
-First performed in New Zealand, it was published in 1994 by Women's Play Press.
+First performed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1993, and published in 1994 by The Women's Play Press.
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	'''See ''[[Hamlet]]'''''		'''See ''[[Hamlet]]'''''
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