Reynard the Fox - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performances in South Africa

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The fable

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 : Performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in September in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Herman Pretorius]], starring [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Johan Fourie]], [[Rachelle Greeff]], [[Niel le Roux]], [[Elizabeth Archer]] and others.
-: ''[[Reynard the Fox]]'' by Fauquez, translated by [[Marie-Louise Roelants]], presented by [[University of the Witwatersrand Department of Dramatic Art]] in the [[University Great Hall]], directed by [[David Horner]].
+: ''[[Reynard the Fox]]'' by Fauquez, translated by [[Marie-Louise Roelants]], presented by [[Wits School of Dramatic Arts]] in the [[Wits Great Hall]], directed by [[David Horner]].
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 : A farce billed as '''''[[The Fox and the Wolf]]''''' (by an unnamed author) was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company, on 12 September, as afterpiece to ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare). The farce was quite probably a burlesque version of ''[[Reynard the Fox]]''.
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 : Performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in September in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Herman Pretorius]], starring [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Johan Fourie]], [[Rachelle Greeff]], [[Niel le Roux]], [[Elizabeth Archer]] and others.
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	Typed copy of the [[Afrikaans]] dramatization, ''[[Reinaard die Vos]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. (Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the '''[[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]]''', Stellenbosch.)		Typed copy of the [[Afrikaans]] dramatization, ''[[Reinaard die Vos]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. (Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the '''[[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]]''', Stellenbosch.)
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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-Typed copy of the [[Afrikaans]] dramatization, ''[[Reinaard die Vos]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
+Typed copy of the [[Afrikaans]] dramatization, ''[[Reinaard die Vos]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. (Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]]  ([[PARC]])  at the '''[[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]]''', Stellenbosch.)
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	1964: A version of the original tale, adapted by Arthur Fauquez under the title ''[[Reynard the Fox]]'', was performed in South Africa by [[Irene Corey\|Irene]] and [[Orlin Corey]] with their [[Everyman Players]] under the auspices of [[Taubie Kushlick]]. Done as a gala performance to raise funds for [[Children's Theatre]].		1964: A version of the original tale, adapted by Arthur Fauquez under the title ''[[Reynard the Fox]]'', was performed in South Africa by [[Irene Corey\|Irene]] and [[Orlin Corey]] with their [[Everyman Players]] under the auspices of [[Taubie Kushlick]]. Done as a gala performance to raise funds for [[Children's Theatre]].
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		+	1977: Performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in September in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Herman Pretorius]], starring [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Johan Fourie]], [[Rachelle Greeff]], [[Niel le Roux]], [[Elizabeth Archer]] and others.

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	''[[Reinaard die Vos]]'', an [[Afrikaans]] translation and dramatization of the 13th century [[Dutch]] epic poem, [[Van den vos Reynaerde]] was done by [[Herman Pretorius]] in 1977.		''[[Reinaard die Vos]]'', an [[Afrikaans]] translation and dramatization of the 13th century [[Dutch]] epic poem, [[Van den vos Reynaerde]] was done by [[Herman Pretorius]] in 1977.
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−	Performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in September 1977 in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Herman Pretorius]], starring [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Johan Fourie]], [[Rachelle Greeff]], [[Niel le Roux]], [[Elizabeth Archer]] and others.

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−	''[[Reynard the Fox]]'' is both the name of a '''character''' in, and the English '''title of''', a literary cycle of medieval allegorical Dutch, English, French and German fables, which were often adapted and dramatized in a range of guises and under various titles.	+	''[[Reynard the Fox]]'' is both the name of a '''character''' in, and the English '''title of''', a literary cycle of medieval allegorical [[Dutch]], English, French and German fables, which were often adapted and dramatized in a range of guises and under various titles.

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	'''For more on the fables, see the Wikipedia entry on [[Reynard the Fox]] at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynard_the_Fox.'''		'''For more on the fables, see the Wikipedia entry on [[Reynard the Fox]] at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynard_the_Fox.'''
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 :  A version of the original tale, adapted by Arthur Fauquez under the title ''[[Reynard the Fox]]'', was performed in South Africa by [[Irene Corey|Irene]] and [[Orlin Corey]] with their [[Everyman Players]] under the auspices of [[Taubie Kushlick]]. Done as a gala performance to raise funds for [[Children's Theatre]].
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