The Blood Knot - Revision history

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	Both versions of the play have been published a number of times, and have been included in various collections. Among them:		Both versions of the play have been published a number of times, and have been included in various collections. Among them:
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		+	''[[The Blood Knot]]'' ("A Play in Seven Acts"), Johannesburg, Simondium, 1963

	''[[The Blood Knot]]'' ("A Play in Seven Acts"), London: [[Samuel French]], 1964		''[[The Blood Knot]]'' ("A Play in Seven Acts"), London: [[Samuel French]], 1964

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	1976: The reworked text performed as ''[[Blood Knot]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]], directed by [[Benjy Francis]] and starring [[Benjy Francis]] (Morris) and [[Fats Bookholane]] (Zachariah ).		1976: The reworked text performed as ''[[Blood Knot]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]], directed by [[Benjy Francis]] and starring [[Benjy Francis]] (Morris) and [[Fats Bookholane]] (Zachariah ).
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		+	1978: The 1976 production performed in the [[Baxter Studio Theatre]].

	1986: Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and subsequently at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], featuring [[Zane Meas]] (Zach) and [[Kellam Beard]] (Morrie). Designer [[Adrian Galley]].		1986: Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and subsequently at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], featuring [[Zane Meas]] (Zach) and [[Kellam Beard]] (Morrie). Designer [[Adrian Galley]].

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−	''[[The Blood Knot]]'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-).	+	''[[The Blood Knot]]'' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-2025).

	Also found as '''''[[The Bloodknot]]'''''		Also found as '''''[[The Bloodknot]]'''''

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 The play became Fugard’s first truly successful stage work, one which is to this day highly regarded internationally as well.
-In 1976 Fugard revised the play and renamed it '''''[[Bloodknot]]''''' (or '''''[[Blood Knot]]''''' in some sources). This revised version was first performed at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1976. The authoritative form of the play (cut by a third and substantially re-written) was published by Oxford University Press in 1985.
+In 1976 Fugard revised the play and renamed it '''''[[Bloodknot]]''''' (or '''''[[Blood Knot]]''''' in some sources). This revised version was first performed at the [[Market Theatre]] in 1976. The authoritative form of the play (cut by a third and substantially re-written) was published by [[Oxford University Press]] in 1985.
 Both versions of the play have been published a number of times, and have been included in various collections. Among them:
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 ''[[The Blood Knot]]'' ("A Play in Seven Acts"), London: [[Samuel French]], 1964
-''[[Boesman and Lena and Other Plays]]'' London: Oxford University Press, 196*
+''[[Boesman and Lena and Other Plays]]'' London: [[Oxford University Press]], 196*
-''[[Athol Fugard: Three Port Elizabeth Plays]]'' London: Oxford University Press, 1974.
+''[[Athol Fugard: Three Port Elizabeth Plays]]'' London: [[Oxford University Press]], 1974.
 ''[[Blood Knot and Other Plays]]'' 1993

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
		+	[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

	Gosher, 1988		Gosher, 1988

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	1986: Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and subsequently at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], featuring [[Zane Meas]] (Zach) and [[Kellam Beard]] (Morrie). Designer [[Adrian Galley]].		1986: Staged at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and subsequently at the [[Wits Theatre Complex]], directed by [[Jerry Mofokeng]], featuring [[Zane Meas]] (Zach) and [[Kellam Beard]] (Morrie). Designer [[Adrian Galley]].
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		+	1987: [[Market Theatre]], directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[John Kani]] (Zachariah) and [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Morris).

	1988: Staged by [[PACT]] ([[Market Theatre]]?), directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[John Kani]] (Zachariah) and [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Morris). Designer [[Nadya Cohen]].		1988: Staged by [[PACT]] ([[Market Theatre]]?), directed by [[Barney Simon]], with [[John Kani]] (Zachariah) and [[Marcel van Heerden]] (Morris). Designer [[Nadya Cohen]].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: After one performance at [[Rhodes University Theatre Complex]] in Grahamstown in July 1961 it premièred for only one performance on 3rd September, before an invited interracial audience  in the [[Rehearsal Room]] at [[Dorkay House]] in Johannesburg, directed by the playwright, with [[Athol Fugard]] as Morris and [[Zakes Mokae]] as Zachariah. Designs by [[Frank Graves]]. This was the first stage production with an interracial cast staged in South Africa.
+: After one performance at [[Rhodes University Theatre Complex]] in Grahamstown in July 1961 it premièred for only one performance on 3rd September, before an invited interracial audience  in the [[Rehearsal Room]] at [[Dorkay House]] in Johannesburg, directed by the playwright, with [[Athol Fugard]] as Morris and [[Zakes Mokae]] as Zachariah. Designs by [[Frank Graves]]. This was the first stage production with an interracial cast staged in South Africa. [[Leon Gluckman]] then presented it at the [[Intimate]].
 : Staged at the [[Labia Theatre]] in Cape Town on 12 February 1962 and, commissioned by the British publisher Andrew Deutsch, in London’s West End in May.

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	1998: Staged in the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] at [[The Civic]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Ian Roberts]] (Morris) and [[Zane Meas]] (Zachariah).		1998: Staged in the [[Pieter Roos Theatre]] at [[The Civic]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Ian Roberts]] (Morris) and [[Zane Meas]] (Zachariah).
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	2009: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Bloedbroers]]'' ("Blood brothers", translated by by [[Kobus J. Kotze]]) at the Absa [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees\|KKNK]] in April, directed by [[Zane Meas]] with [[Christo Davids]] and [[Hennie Jacobs]].		2009: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Bloedbroers]]'' ("Blood brothers", translated by by [[Kobus J. Kotze]]) at the Absa [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees\|KKNK]] in April, directed by [[Zane Meas]] with [[Christo Davids]] and [[Hennie Jacobs]].