Sylvia - Revision history

Satj at 04:49, 18 July 2025

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Satj at 04:49, 18 July 2025

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Satj: /* Sylvia by Linda Pienaar */

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Sylvia by Linda Pienaar

Satj: /* Sylvia by Ian Ferguson (1937-) */

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Sylvia by Ian Ferguson (1937-)

Satj: /* Sylvia by Ian Ferguson (1937-) */

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Sylvia by Ian Ferguson (1937-)

Satj: /* Sylvia by Linda Pienaar */

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Sylvia by Linda Pienaar

Satj: /* Performance history in South Africa */

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Performance history in South Africa

Satj: /* Sources */

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Sources

Satj at 04:29, 18 July 2025

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Satj: /* The original text */

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The original text

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 ''[[ Sylvia]]'' is the title given to two play texts, both one-woman pieces about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.
-''A third local play about Plath is '''[[Sylvia Plath - The Woman and her Work]]'''''
+''A third local play about Plath is '''[[Sylvia Plath - The Woman and her Work]]''' by [[Ken Green]]''
 =''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1977)=

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	''[[ Sylvia]]'' is the title given to two play texts, both one-woman pieces about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.		''[[ Sylvia]]'' is the title given to two play texts, both one-woman pieces about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.
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		+	''A third local play about Plath is '''[[Sylvia Plath - The Woman and her Work]]'''''

	=''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1977)=		=''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1977)=

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	1970s: Staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town		1970s: Staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town

−	=''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Linda Pienaar]]=	+	=''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Linda Pienaar]] (1987)=

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 ''[[ Sylvia]]'' is the title given to two play texts, both one-woman pieces about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.
-=''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1937-)=
+=''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1977)=
-Originally written by [[Ian Ferguson]] in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings. Described as  "a prose narrative and commentary woven around the life and work of Sylvia Plath" by critic [[Tony Voss]][https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/archive-files2/rejan78.11.pdf].
+Originally written by [[Ian Ferguson]]  (1937-) in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings. Described as  "a prose narrative and commentary woven around the life and work of Sylvia Plath" by critic [[Tony Voss]][https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/archive-files2/rejan78.11.pdf].
 The text published in ''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]'' (compiled by [[Ernest Pereira]], published by [[Ravan Press]], 1977)

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 =''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1937-)=
-Originally written by [[Ian Ferguson]] in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.
+Originally written by [[Ian Ferguson]] in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings. Described as  "a prose narrative and commentary woven around the life and work of Sylvia Plath" by critic [[Tony Voss]][https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/archive-files2/rejan78.11.pdf].
 The text published in ''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]'' (compiled by [[Ernest Pereira]], published by [[Ravan Press]], 1977)

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-According to the director [[Johann van Heerden]], this text had been compiled by the student actress [[Linda Pienaar]] from a range of sources.
+According to the director [[Johann van Heerden]], this text had been compiled by actress [[Linda Pienaar]] from a range of sources while a student at the University of Stellenbosch.
-A typed copy of a text for a play also called ''[[Sylvia]]'' was 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.
+A typed copy of the text for this play was 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.
-Possibly an adaptation of the published Ferguson text.
+It could possibly be an adaptation of the published Ferguson text.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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−	~~Late 1970s: Staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town~~

	1987: Performed by [[Linda Pienaar]] at the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]].		1987: Performed by [[Linda Pienaar]] at the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]].

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	= Sources =		= Sources =
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		+	[[Ernest Pereira]] (comp). 1977. ''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]''. Johannesburg: [[Ravan Press]].
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		+	[[Tony Voss]]. 1978. Review: ''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]''. ''[[South African History Online]]''[https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/archive-files2/rejan78.11.pdf]

	Theatre programme for the production of [[Ian Ferguson]]'s ''[[Falstaff]]'' (1984)		Theatre programme for the production of [[Ian Ferguson]]'s ''[[Falstaff]]'' (1984)

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-''[[ Sylvia]]'' play by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1937-)
+''[[ Sylvia]]'' is the title given to two play texts, both one-woman pieces about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.
-==The original text==
+=''[[Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]] (1937-)=
 Originally written by [[Ian Ferguson]] in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.
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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-A typed copy of a text for a play also called ''[[Sylvia]]'' was 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. \
+See the [[Linda Pienaar]] text below
-According to the director [[Johann van Heerden]], this text had been compiled by the student actress [[Linda Pienaar]] from a range of sources. Probably an adaptation of the Ferguson text.)
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 : Performed by [[Linda Pienaar]] at the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]].
-== Sources ==
+= Sources =
 Theatre programme for the production of [[Ian Ferguson]]'s ''[[Falstaff]]'' (1984)
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 [[Linda Pienaar]]. 1987. Typed copy of ''[[Sylvia]]'', 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.
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