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''[[Spöksonaten]]'' is a Swedish play in three acts by Swedish playwright August Strindberg.

Known in English as '''''[[The Ghost Sonata]]''''' or sometimes as as '''''[[The Spook Sonata]]''''' .

Written in 1907, it was first produced at Strindberg's Intimate Theatre in Stockholm on 21 January 1908. Since then, it has been staged by such notable directors as Max Reinhardt, Olof Molander, Roger Blin, and Ingmar Bergman. Bergman directed it four times: in 1941, 1954, 1973, and 2000. Strindberg took the title from Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, which he called `The Gespenster Sonata', and also Piano Trio No. 4 in D major, known as the `Ghost Trio'. The play centres on a family of strangers who meet for the sake of meeting. They exchange no dialogue, nor gestures, they simply sit and bask in their own misfortune.

== The original text ==

==Translations and adaptations==
A translation into English by Walter Johnson is included in ''A Dream Play and four chamber plays by August Strindberg'', published by Norton, 1975.

== Performance history in South Africa ==
1957: Presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]] in March, directed by [[Gretel Mills]].

1989: Presented at the [[Arena Theatre]], Cape Town under the direction of [[Geoffrey Hyland]], opening on 16 August 1989. The cast were [[Raymond Suttle]], [[Andrew Matthews]], [[Corien Pelt]], [[Caroline Braham]], [[Alan Glogauer]], [[Jana van Niekerk]], [[Linda Mpondo]], [[Judith Kronenberg]] and others. Costumes by [[Henry Excoffier]].

1991: Directed by [[Reza de Wet]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, 1991, the cast including [[Nadia Salerno]], [[Craig Urbani]], [[Etienne Kallos]], [[Neil Borland]], [[Julia Boltt]], [[William Carnegie]].

== Sources ==
Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Sonata].

''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll, 1949.

[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972.

''The Ghost Sonata'' theatre programme, Arena Theatre, 1989.

National Arts Festival programme, 1991. 165.

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 : Presented at the [[Arena Theatre]], Cape Town under the direction of [[Geoffrey Hyland]], opening on 16 August 1989. The cast were [[Raymond Suttle]], [[Andrew Matthews]], [[Corien Pelt]], [[Caroline Braham]], [[Alan Glogauer]], [[Jana van Niekerk]], [[Linda Mpondo]], [[Judith Kronenberg]] and others. Costumes by [[Henry Excoffier]].
-: Directed by [[Reza de Wet]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, 1991, the cast including [[Nadia Salerno]], [[Craig Urbani]], [[Etienne Kallos]], [[Neil Borland]], [[Julia Boltt]], [[William Carnegie]]. According to [[Roline Norval]] in an interview article in the [[Beeld]], De Wet claimed (obviously wrongly) that this was the first time the play had been produced in South Africa.
+: Directed by [[Reza de Wet]] for the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, 1991, the cast including [[Nadia Salerno]], [[Craig Urbani]], [[Etienne Kallos]], [[Neil Borland]], [[Julia Boltt]], [[William Carnegie]]. According to [[Roline Norval]] in an interview article in the [[Beeld]], De Wet apparently claimed (obviously wrongly) that this was the first time the play had been produced in South Africa.
 == Sources ==

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 [[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1991. 165.
-[[Roline Norval]]. 1991. Drama 'n feesviering van pure droom en spel, [[Beeld]] Kalender, 20 May: p. 1.
+[[Roline Norval]]. 1991. 'Drama 'n feesviering van pure droom en spel', [[Beeld]] Kalender, 20 May: p. 1.
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 ''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll, 1949.
-[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972.
+[[Donald Inskip]]. 1972. ''Forty Little Years: The Story of a Theatre''. Cape Town: [[Howard Timmins]].
 ''[[The Ghost Sonata]]'' theatre programme, [[Arena Theatre]], 1989.

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 ''[[Spöksonaten]]'' is a Swedish play in three acts by Swedish playwright August Strindberg.
-Known in English as '''''[[The Ghost Sonata]]''''' or sometimes as as '''''[[The Spook Sonata]]''''' .
+Most generally known in English as '''''[[The Ghost Sonata]]''''', though sometimes also referred to as '''''[[The Spook Sonata]]''''' .
 ==The original text==

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 [[Roline Norval]]. 1991. 'Drama 'n feesviering van pure droom en spel', [[Beeld]] Kalender, 20 May: p. 1.
 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 G|G]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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 Written in 1907, it was first produced at Strindberg's Intimate Theatre in Stockholm on 21 January 1908. Since then, it has been staged by such notable directors as Max Reinhardt, Olof Molander, Roger Blin, and Ingmar Bergman. Bergman directed it four times: in 1941, 1954, 1973, and 2000.
 Strindberg took the title from Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, which he had called `The Gespenster Sonata', and also Piano Trio No. 4 in D major, known as the `Ghost Trio'. The play centres on a family of strangers who meet for the sake of meeting. They exchange no dialogue, nor gestures, they simply sit and bask in their own misfortune.
 ==Translations and adaptations==