The Big Knife - Revision history

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 ''[[The Big Knife]]'' [[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1965.
-Copy of the [[Afrikaans]] radio text, Drama Department archive, [[Stellenbosch University]].
+Copy of the [[Afrikaans]] radio text, Drama Department archive, [[Stellenbosch University]]. Now held in the [[ESAT repository]] held 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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	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	The play was made into a 1955 film directed by Robert Aldrich.

	Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Groot Mes]]'' ("the big knife") and adapted for radio by [[Suzanne van Wyk]] in 1966.		Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Groot Mes]]'' ("the big knife") and adapted for radio by [[Suzanne van Wyk]] in 1966.

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 A classic tale about keeping your integrity in the face of success.
+The original production, directed by Lee Strasberg, opened at Broadway's National Theatre on 24 February 1949.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	''[[The Big Knife]]'' [[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1965.		''[[The Big Knife]]'' [[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1965.
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		+	Copy of the [[Afrikaans]] radio text, Drama Department archive, [[Stellenbosch University]].

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-''[[The Big Knife]]'' (1949) is a play by American playwright, screenwriter, and director [[Clifford Odets]] (1906-1963). A classic tale about keeping your integrity in the face of success.
+''[[The Big Knife]]'' (1949) is a play by [[Clifford Odets]] (1906-1963).
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 : Broadcast in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Groot Mes]]'' by the [[Afrikaans]] radio service of the [[SABC]] on 1 April at 19h30.
 == Sources ==
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Odets
-''The Big Knife'' theatre programme, 1965.
+''[[The Big Knife]]'' [[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1965.
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-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 B|B]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
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−	''The Big Knife'' (1949), a play by American playwright, screenwriter, and director Clifford Odets (1906-1963). A classic tale about keeping your integrity in the face of success.	+	''The Big Knife'' (1949), a play by American playwright, screenwriter, and director [[Clifford Odets]] (1906-1963). A classic tale about keeping your integrity in the face of success.

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-Presented by [[CAPAB]], opening 19 May 1965 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]].
+Presented by [[CAPAB]], opening 19 May 1965 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]]. Directed by [[Robert Aden]], decor and costumes by [[Pamela Lewis]]. The cast: [[Glynn Day]], [[Vaughan Scott]], [[Robert Aden]], [[Paddy Canavan]], [[Mary McKinley]], [[Johann Nell]], [[Alec Bell]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Reinet Maasdorp]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Ziona Garfield]], [[Robert del Kyrke]].
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Odets
-CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971.
+''The Big Knife'' theatre programme, 1965.