The Biko Inquest - Revision history

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 First produced in the UK at the Riverside Theatre, London, in 1984, with Albert Finney[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney Albert Finney]),
-The [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]] text was adapted for television,  directed by and starring  Albert Finney[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney Albert Finney]) and broadcast in 1984/5.
+The [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]] text was adapted for television, directed by and starring Albert Finney [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney Albert Finney]) and broadcast in 1984/5.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-A South African adaptation by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]], called ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'', brought on by a controversy about South African performing rights. Based on the Blair/Fenton text but referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made. Published and performed in 1985.
+: A South African adaptation by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]], called ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'', brought on by a controversy about South African performing rights. Based on the Blair/Fenton text but referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made. Published and performed in 1985.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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	''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' programme notes.		''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' programme notes.
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	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney Albert Finney		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney Albert Finney

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-A South African adaptation by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]], called brought on by a controversy about South African performing rights, on the Blair/Fenton text and partly on [[Saira Essa|Essa]]'s own research and resulted in significant changes in the script. Due to contoversy over rights she has created her own adaption referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]''.
+A South African adaptation by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]], called ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'', brought on by a controversy about South African performing rights. Based on the Blair/Fenton text but referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made. Published and performed in 1985.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-The play was first produced in South Africa in the adapted version by [[Saira Essa]] in the [[Abbey Theatre]] Durban and the [[Laager]] in 1985.
+: First produced by the [[Upstairs Theatre Company]], Durban, as ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'', Essa and Pillay's adapted.
 == Sources ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-The production at the Laager was based partly on the Blair/Fenton text and partly on [[Saira Essa|Essa]]'s own research and resulted in significant changes in the script. Due to contoversy over rights she has created her own adaption referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]''.
+A South African adaptation by [[Saira Essa]] and [[Charles Pillai]], called brought on by a controversy about South African performing rights, on the Blair/Fenton text and partly on [[Saira Essa|Essa]]'s own research and resulted in significant changes in the script. Due to contoversy over rights she has created her own adaption referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]''.
 Directed by [[Saira Essa]] for the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in 1985.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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-''The Biko Inquest'' by [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]. A documentary play based on the South African inquest into the death in prison of the black leader. Originally written for the stage ''The Biko Inquest'' (Published , Jon Blair and Norman Fenton. ''The Biko Inquest''. Rex Collings: London, 1978.
+''[[The Biko Inquest]]'' is a documentary play by [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]].
 == The original text ==
-First performed by Blair Off Broadway directed by Blair and starring Fritz Weaver and Philip Bosco in 1978 and also by [[Wole Soyinka]], who both  directed and acted in the play in Ile-Ife, 1978  and which was then produced for stage (Riverside 1984, with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney Albert Finney]), and on television directed by and starring Albert Finney (1985). The TV version  was directed by Finney and broadcast in 1984/5.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 The production at the Laager was based partly on the Blair/Fenton text and partly on [[Saira Essa|Essa]]'s own research and resulted in significant changes in the script. Due to contoversy over rights she has created her own adaption referring back to the original court transcripts and to amendments she had already made, resulting in the play ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]''.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 == Sources ==
 ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]'' programme notes.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	'''The Biko Inquest''' by ~~John~~ Blair and [[Norman Fenton]]. A documentary play based on the South African inquest into the death in prison of the black leader. Originally written for the stage ''The Biko Inquest'' (Published , Jon Blair and Norman Fenton. ''The Biko Inquest''. Rex Collings: London, 1978.	+	''The Biko Inquest'' by [[Jon Blair]] and [[Norman Fenton]]. A documentary play based on the South African inquest into the death in prison of the black leader. Originally written for the stage ''The Biko Inquest'' (Published , Jon Blair and Norman Fenton. ''The Biko Inquest''. Rex Collings: London, 1978.

	Directed by [[Saira Essa]] for the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in 1985.		Directed by [[Saira Essa]] for the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in 1985.

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-'''The Biko Inquest''' by John Blair and [[Norman Fenton]]. A documentary play based on the South African inquest into the death in prison of the black leader. Originally written for the stage ''The Biko Inquest'' (Published , Jon Blair and Norman Fenton. ''The Biko Inquest''. Rex Collings: London, 1978., First performed by Blair Off Broadway directed by Blair and starring Fritz Weaver and Philip Bosco in 1978 and also by [[Wole Soyinka]], who both  directed and acted in the play in Ile-Ife, 1978  and which was then produced for stage (Riverside 1984, with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Finney Albert Finney]), and on television directed by and starring Albert Finney (1985). The TV version  was directed by Finney and broadcast in 1984/5. The play was first produced in South Africa by [[Saira Essa]] in the [[Abbey Theatre]] Durban and the [[Laager]] in 1985.
+'''The Biko Inquest''' by John Blair and [[Norman Fenton]]. A documentary play based on the South African inquest into the death in prison of the black leader. Originally written for the stage ''The Biko Inquest'' (Published , Jon Blair and Norman Fenton. ''The Biko Inquest''. Rex Collings: London, 1978.
-See also ''[[Steve Biko: The Inquest]]''
+Directed by [[Saira Essa]]for the Prithvi Festival in Bombay in 1985.
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 B|B]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
+== The original text ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 B|B]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+==Translations and adaptations==
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
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