Subject to Fits - Revision history

Satj: /* Performance history in South Africa */

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Performance history in South Africa

Satj at 04:21, 17 April 2020

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Miriamt at 10:08, 24 November 2017

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]]. (There is mention of an earlier run, before the [[Alexander Theatre]] season - probably an experimental production at the [[Arena Theatre]], Rosebank, the cast also including [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]].)
+: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]]. (There is mention of an earlier run, before the [[Alexander Theatre]] season - probably an experimental production at the [[Arena Theatre]], Rosebank, with much the same cast.)
 == Sources ==

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-''[[Subject to Fits]]'' is a play by American actor, producer, director Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montgomery_(actor)]. The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's ''[[The Idiot]]''".
+''[[Subject to Fits]]'' is a play by Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montgomery_(actor)].
 == The original text ==
-''[[Идиот]]'' ("Idiot") is a Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky], telling of Prince Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight.
+Montgomery says of his stage play that it was not an adaptation, but "a response to", to the Russian novel.
-Originally published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69, it has been widely translated (usually as ''[[The Idiot]]'' in English) and often filmed.
+''[[Subject to Fits]]'' premiered at the Pubic Theater (''New York Shakespeare Festival'') in 1971 and was published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573700354.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]],
+: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]]. (There is mention of an earlier run, before the [[Alexander Theatre]] season - probably an experimental production at the [[Arena Theatre]], Rosebank, the cast also including [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]].)
 == Sources ==

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		+	''[[Идиот]]'' ("Idiot") is a Russian novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoevsky], telling of Prince Myshkin, a young man whose goodness, open-hearted simplicity and guilelessness lead many of the more worldly characters he encounters to mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight.
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		+	Originally published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69, it has been widely translated (usually as ''[[The Idiot]]'' in English) and often filmed.
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	Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573700354.		Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573700354.

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 There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]] staged at the [[Arena Theatre]], Rosebank.
-: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]],
+: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]],
 == Sources ==

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 There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]] staged at the [[Arena Theatre]], Rosebank.
-: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Lyndsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]],
+: Performed by [[PACT]] in the [[Alexander Theatre]], Johannesburg, with a cast that included [[Errol   Ross]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Lindsay Reardon]], and [[Reza de Wet]],
 == Sources ==

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−	''[[Subject to Fits]]'' is a play by Robert Montgomery. The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's ''[[The Idiot]]''".	+	''[[Subject to Fits]]'' is a play by American actor, producer, director Robert Montgomery (1904-1981) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Montgomery_(actor)]. The author calls his play not an adaptation but "a response to Dostoyevsky's ''[[The Idiot]]''".
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring[[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]]. Venue and exact date unknown.
+There is evidence of a pre-1974 production starring [[Robert Gordon]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Leonie Hofmeyr]]. Venue and exact date unknown.
 == Sources ==