The Drummer - Revision history

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The Drummer by Athol Fugard

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The original text

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Sources

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The Drummer by Athol Fugard

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 =''[[The Drummer]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]]=
-''[[The Drummer]]'' is a short improvisation piece by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-).
+''[[The Drummer]]'' is a short improvisation piece by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-2025).
 ==The original text==

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−	There are two plays by this title known in South Africa:	+	'''There are two plays by this title known in South Africa''':

	=''[[The Drummer]]'' by Joseph Addison (1715)=		=''[[The Drummer]]'' by Joseph Addison (1715)=

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	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6500256-25-10-minute-plays-from-actors-theatre-of-louisville		http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6500256-25-10-minute-plays-from-actors-theatre-of-louisville
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 =''[[The Drummer]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]]=
-''[[The Drummer]]'' is a short improvisation piece by [[Athol Fugard]].
+''[[The Drummer]]'' is a short improvisation piece by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-).
 ==The original text==

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 =''[[The Drummer]]'' by [[Athol Fugard]]=
 ==The original text==
-A 10 minute,  one-man, improvisation piece with no dialogue, about a tramp rooting through rubbish and finding a drumstick, then a second. With these he starts playing a rhythm on an upturned tin can, rising above the ruckus of the city. A work originally commissioned for the Kentucky Festival of New American Plays and produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville,  directed by Michael Hankins and performed by Dierk Toporzysek on February 27, 1980.
+This 10 minute,  one-man, piece (with no dialogue) tells of a tramp rooting through rubbish and finding two drumsticks, with which he starts playing a rhythm on an upturned tin can, rising above the ruckus of the city. A work originally commissioned for the Kentucky Festival of New American Plays and produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville,  directed by Michael Hankins and performed by Dierk Toporzysek on February 27, 1980.
 The text published by Samuel French in ''Ten Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville'' in 1989  and in ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] (edited by [[Stephen Gray]]) in 1990.

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	'''''The Drummer''''' - [[Athol Fugard]]: ''Playwrights and their Stage Works''[http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_f/fugard/drummer.htm]		'''''The Drummer''''' - [[Athol Fugard]]: ''Playwrights and their Stage Works''[http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_f/fugard/drummer.htm]
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		+	http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/my-children-my-africa/
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		+	http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/9861/drummer-the
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		+	http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6500256-25-10-minute-plays-from-actors-theatre-of-louisville

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 ==The original text==
-A short one-man improvisation piece with no dialogue, about a tramp rooting through rubbish and finding a drumstick, then a second. With these he starts playing a rhythm on an upturned tin can, rising above the ruckus of the city. A work originally commissioned for the Kentucky Festival of New American Plays and performed by Dierk Toporzysek in 1980.
+A 10 minute,  one-man, improvisation piece with no dialogue, about a tramp rooting through rubbish and finding a drumstick, then a second. With these he starts playing a rhythm on an upturned tin can, rising above the ruckus of the city. A work originally commissioned for the Kentucky Festival of New American Plays and produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville,  directed by Michael Hankins and performed by Dierk Toporzysek on February 27, 1980.
-A version of the text was published in ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Short Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 199*.
+The text published by Samuel French in ''Ten Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville'' in 1989  and in ''[[My Children! My Africa! and Selected Shorter Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] (edited by [[Stephen Gray]]) in 1990.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 == Sources ==
-The Drummer - [[Athol Fugard]]: ''Playwrights and their Stage Works''[http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_f/fugard/drummer.htm]
+'''''The Drummer''''' - [[Athol Fugard]]: ''Playwrights and their Stage Works''[http://www.4-wall.com/authors/authors_f/fugard/drummer.htm]
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