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 [[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
-Copy of the typed [[Afrikaans]] adaptation by [[Robert Mohr]], 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.
+Copy of the typed [[Afrikaans]] adaptation by [[Robert Mohr]], held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], Stellenbosch.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' a bilingual South African adaptation==
 [[Robert Mohr]] (1925-1984) had met Thornton Wilder in New England in the late 1950s, and the playwright gave him his personal permission  to adapt the play as a bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]) piece, and setting it in the Western Cape. The play was given a suitably [[bilingual]] title, ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' and was first performed in this format under Mohr's direction at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] in 1959.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 [[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
-Copy of the typed [[Afrikaans]] adaptation by [[Robert Mohr]], found in the Drama Department archives of [[Stellenbosch University]].
+Copy of the typed [[Afrikaans]] adaptation by [[Robert Mohr]], 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.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ===South African stage translations and adaptations===
-Besides two direct translations in [[Afrikaans]], the play has was also transferred to a South African setting and adapted for a South African audiences by [[Robert Mohr]], as the bilingual (English/Afrikaans]] play ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]''.
+Besides two direct translations in [[Afrikaans]], the play has was also transferred to a South African setting and adapted for a South African audiences by [[Robert Mohr]], as the bilingual (English/[[Afrikaans]] play ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]''.
 ===Direct translations===

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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 26, 336.
-Arena '59 theatre programme 1959.
+[[Arena '59]] theatre programme 1959.
-UTS Theatre programme, 1988.
+[[UTS]] Theatre programme, 1988.
-PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
+[[PACOFS]] Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 : ''[[Our Town]]'' performed by NTO in 1960, featuring  [[André Huguenet]].
-:  Produced by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department in April 1968 with [[Noël Roos]] as the stage manager; [[Isobel Rennie]] as Emily Webb; [[Ian Walters]] as George Gibbs; [[Sue Parker]] as Mrs Gibbs and [[Audrey Marsh]] as Mrs Web and [[Richard Lawton]], [[Audrey Marsh]], [[Richard Miller]], [[Gillian Theunissen]] and [[Arthur Clarke]] in the grave scene.
+:  Produced by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] in April 1968 with [[Noël Roos]] as the stage manager; [[Isobel Rennie]] as Emily Webb; [[Ian Walters]] as George Gibbs; [[Sue Parker]] as Mrs Gibbs and [[Audrey Marsh]] as Mrs Web and [[Richard Lawton]], [[Audrey Marsh]], [[Richard Miller]], [[Gillian Theunissen]] and [[Arthur Clarke]] in the grave scene.
 : ''[[Our Town]]'' presented  by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]], directed by [[John Hussey]] with [[Danny Keogh]],  [[Diane Wilson]] and [[Michael McCabe]]
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 : A production of ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' was presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in May, as a tribute to Mohr after his death (in 1984). Directed by [[Esther van Ryswyk]], with [[Limpie Basson]], [[Marie de Kock]] and [[Emile Aucamp]] - who had all been involved in the 1959 production. Other cast members were [[Noël Roos]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Marchand de Kok]], and various students.
 == Sources ==

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-'''''Our Town''''' is a play in three acts by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder] .
+''[[Our Town]]'' is a play in three acts by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder] .
 == The original text ==
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 : ''[[Our Town]]'' performed by NTO in 1960, featuring  [[André Huguenet]].
 : ''[[Our Town]]'' presented  by [[PACT]] at the [[Alexander Theatre]], directed by [[John Hussey]] with [[Danny Keogh]],  [[Diane Wilson]] and [[Michael McCabe]]
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 Supplement to ''[[Die Burger]]'', 22 September 1951.
 ''[[Our Town]]'' Theatre programme, 1977.

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	Translated into [[Afrikaans]] in 1976 by [[Roelf Laubscher]], also with the title ''[[Ons Dorp]]''.		Translated into [[Afrikaans]] in 1976 by [[Roelf Laubscher]], also with the title ''[[Ons Dorp]]''.
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		+	=== Other media===
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		+	The play adapted well to radio, and several versions have been made over the years. The first was broadcast on May 12, 1939, on The Campbell Playhouse. The cast included Orson Welles as the Stage Manager, John Craven of the original stage production as George Gibbs, and Patricia Newton as Emily Webb.
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		+	The play was first filmed in 1940, starring Martha Scott as Emily and William Holden as George Gibbs, with an original music score composed by Aaron Copland.
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		+	It has also been made into a musical, an opera and various TV productions.

	==''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' a bilingual South African adaptation==		==''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' a bilingual South African adaptation==

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:11, 28 December 2020
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	[[Robert Mohr]] (1925-1984) had met Thornton Wilder in New England in the late 1950s, and the playwright gave him his personal permission to adapt the play as a bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]) piece, and setting it in the Western Cape. The play was given a suitably [[bilingual]] title, ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' and was first performed in this format under Mohr's direction at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] in 1959.		[[Robert Mohr]] (1925-1984) had met Thornton Wilder in New England in the late 1950s, and the playwright gave him his personal permission to adapt the play as a bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]) piece, and setting it in the Western Cape. The play was given a suitably [[bilingual]] title, ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' and was first performed in this format under Mohr's direction at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] in 1959.
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−	~~=== Other media===~~
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−	The play adapted well to radio, and several versions have been made over the years. The first was broadcast on May 12, 1939, on The Campbell Playhouse. The cast included Orson Welles as the Stage Manager, John Craven of the original stage production as George Gibbs, and Patricia Newton as Emily Webb.
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−	~~The play was first filmed in 1940, starring Martha Scott as Emily and William Holden as George Gibbs, with an original music score composed by Aaron Copland.~~
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−	~~It has also been made into a musical, an opera and various TV productions.~~

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

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 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] in 1976 by [[Roelf Laubscher]], also with the title ''[[Ons Dorp]]''.
-===''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' a bilingual South African adaptation===
+==''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' a bilingual South African adaptation==
 [[Robert Mohr]] (1925-1984) had met Thornton Wilder in New England in the late 1950s, and the playwright gave him his personal permission  to adapt the play as a bilingual (English and [[Afrikaans]]) piece, and setting it in the Western Cape. The play was given a suitably [[bilingual]] title, ''[[Our Town/Ons Dorp]]'' and was first performed in this format under Mohr's direction at the [[University of Stellenbosch]] in 1959.