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Temple: /* Orestes by Athol Fugard and company */

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Orestes by Athol Fugard and company

Satj: /* Sources */

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Darryl: /* Orestes by Athol Fugard and company */

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Darryl: /* Orestes by Athol Fugard and company */

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Darryl: /* Orestes by Athol Fugard and company */

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Darryl: /* Orestes by Athol Fugard and company */

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Orestes by Athol Fugard and company

Satj at 03:55, 31 March 2023

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Satj at 03:53, 31 March 2023

2023-03-31T03:53:00Z

Fogterop at 15:11, 15 September 2020

2020-09-15T15:11:32Z

Satj: /* Orestes: A play by Athol Fugard and company */

2019-02-28T14:25:11Z

Orestes: A play by Athol Fugard and company

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 ==''[[Orestes]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] and company==
-''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement on 24 July 1964) and the story of Orestes as generating points.
+''[[Orestes]]'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement on 24 July 1964) and the story of Orestes as generating points.
 Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB|CAPAB Laboratory]] in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.

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 [[Stephen Gray]]. 1978. ''[[Theatre One: New South African Drama]]'' (Johannesburg:[[Ad Donker Publishers]]).
-[[Athol Fugard]]. ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]''. [[Wits University Press]].
+[[Stephen Gray]] (compiler). 1990. ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].
 [[Brian Astbury]] 2018. ''[[Orestes - Athol Fugard's Lost Play]]'' (Kindle)

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 ''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement on 24 July 1964) and the story of Orestes as generating points.
-Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB Laboratory|CAPAB]] in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.
+Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB|CAPAB Laboratory]] in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.
 A description of the event was published under the title ''[[Orestes: an experiment in theatre described in a letter to an American friend]]'' in the ''[[Theatre One]]'', edited by [[Stephen Gray]], 1978. Also published in ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].

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 ''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement on 24 July 1964) and the story of Orestes as generating points.
-Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB Lab]] in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.
+Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB Laboratory|CAPAB]] in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.
 A description of the event was published under the title ''[[Orestes: an experiment in theatre described in a letter to an American friend]]'' in the ''[[Theatre One]]'', edited by [[Stephen Gray]], 1978. Also published in ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].

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 ''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement on 24 July 1964) and the story of Orestes as generating points.
-Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB Laboratory]] in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.
+Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB Lab]] in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.
 A description of the event was published under the title ''[[Orestes: an experiment in theatre described in a letter to an American friend]]'' in the ''[[Theatre One]]'', edited by [[Stephen Gray]], 1978. Also published in ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].

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	[[Orestes]] can refer to a character from Greek mythology[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes], who features in a number of Classical Greek plays, notably the play by Euripides, or to a workshopped South African play by [[Athol Fugard]] and company.		[[Orestes]] can refer to a character from Greek mythology[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes], who features in a number of Classical Greek plays, notably the play by Euripides, or to a workshopped South African play by [[Athol Fugard]] and company.

		+	A number of other South African works have referred to or been inspired by the character and the Greek versions of the story, e.g. ''[[Punt in die Wind]]'' (1989) by [[Hennie Aucamp]]

	==''[[Orestes]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] and company==		==''[[Orestes]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] and company==

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−	[[Orestes]] can refer to a character from Greek mythology[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes], who features in a number of Classical Greek plays, or to a workshopped South African play by [[Athol Fugard]] and company.	+	[[Orestes]] can refer to a character from Greek mythology[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes], who features in a number of Classical Greek plays, notably the play by Euripides, or to a workshopped South African play by [[Athol Fugard]] and company.

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 ==''[[Orestes]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] and company==
-''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement in 196*) and the story of Orestes as generating points.
+''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement on 24 July 1964) and the story of Orestes as generating points.
 Developed for and first performed at the [[CAPAB]] Lab** in Cape Town in 1971. This production was also presented by [[PACT]] in 1971.

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−	==''[[Orestes]]''~~: A play~~ by [[Athol Fugard]] and company==	+	==''[[Orestes]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]] and company==

	''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement in 196*) and the story of Orestes as generating points.		''Orestes'' is an entirely workshopped play, facilitated by [[Athol Fugard]] with [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Wilson Dunster]]. Used the image of a man with a suitcase (based on the story of the bomb detonated on the concourse of Johannesburg Station by John Harris of the African Restistance Movement in 196*) and the story of Orestes as generating points.