The Soul of the White Ant - Revision history

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The original play text

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Performance history

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The Soul of the White Ant by Eugène Nielen Marais

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The Soul of the White Ant by Eugène Nielen Marais

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 ==The original play text==
-In 1976 [[Eugène Nielen Marais]]'s scientific study ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'' was used as a thematic stimulus and title by playwright Snoo Wilson for his 1976 surreal comedy about the apartheid system and the racial tensions in South Africa. The play features Marais as one of the characters and the text was published by [[Samuel French]].
+In 1976 [[Eugène Nielen Marais]]'s scientific study ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'' was used as a thematic stimulus and title by playwright Snoo Wilson for his surreal comedy about the [[apartheid]] system and the explosive racial tensions in South Africa at the time. The play features Marais as one of the characters and the text was published by [[Samuel French]].
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	== Performance history ==		== Performance history ==

		+	1976: First performed at the Soho Poly, London, in February, directed by Dusty Hughes, with designs by Di Seymour and music by Tim Thomas. The cast consisted of Simon Callow (as Pieter de Graaf), Nicholas Bull (as Juilius), Linda Marchal (as Mabel de Wet), Janet Amsden (as Edith), Pat Hassel (as June) and Clive Merrison (as Eugene Marais).

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	Text of Snoo Wilson's ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'', published by [[Samuel French]]		Text of Snoo Wilson's ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'', published by [[Samuel French]]

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 =''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'' by [[Eugène Nielen Marais]] =
-A behavioral field study of ants, written and published in [[Afrikaans]] under the title ''[[Die Siel van die Mier]]'' ("The soul of the ant"), initially as a series of articles in ''[[Die Huisgenoot]]'', then published in book form by  [[J.L. Van Schaik]] in in 1934. In 1937 it appeared in English translation as ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]''. Besides its intrinsic value, the study is also famous for the acrimonious controversy surrounding claims by Marais that his work had been plagiarized by the Belgian author [[Maurice Maeterlinck]][],
+A behavioral field study of ants, written and published in [[Afrikaans]] under the title ''[[Die Siel van die Mier]]'' ("The soul of the ant"), initially as a series of articles in ''[[Die Huisgenoot]]'', then published in book form by  [[J.L. Van Schaik]] in in 1934. In 1937 it appeared in English translation as ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]''. Besides the intrinsic value of Marais's theory about the organizational unity of the termite nest, the study is also famous for the acrimonious controversy surrounding claims by Marais that the Afrikaans version of his work had been plagiarized by the Belgian author [[Maurice Maeterlinck]][https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/mara002vers01_01/mara002vers01_01_0194.php].
 For more on the author and his work, see the entry on '''[[Eugène Nielen Marais]]'''

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-''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'' is the title of a famous behavioural field study by South African poet and author [[Eugène Nielen Marais]] (1871-1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Marais], as well as a surreal comedy by British playwright Snoo Wilson (1948-2013)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoo_Wilson].
+''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'' is the English title of a famous behavioural field study by South African poet and author [[Eugène Nielen Marais]] (1871-1936)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Marais], as well as a surreal comedy by British playwright Snoo Wilson (1948-2013)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoo_Wilson].
 =''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'' by [[Eugène Nielen Marais]] =
-A behavioral field study of ants, written and published in [[Afrikaans]] under the title ''[[Die Siel van die Mier]]'' ("The soul of the ant"), initially as a series of articles in ''[[Die Huisgenoot]]'', then published in book form by  [[J.L. Van Schaik]] in in 1934. In 1937 it appeared in English translation as ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]''.
+A behavioral field study of ants, written and published in [[Afrikaans]] under the title ''[[Die Siel van die Mier]]'' ("The soul of the ant"), initially as a series of articles in ''[[Die Huisgenoot]]'', then published in book form by  [[J.L. Van Schaik]] in in 1934. In 1937 it appeared in English translation as ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]''. Besides its intrinsic value, the study is also famous for the acrimonious controversy surrounding claims by Marais that his work had been plagiarized by the Belgian author [[Maurice Maeterlinck]][],
-For more on the study and the famous controversy surrounding it, see the entry on '''[[Eugène Nielen Marais]]'''
+For more on the author and his work, see the entry on '''[[Eugène Nielen Marais]]'''
 =''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'' by Snoo Wilson=

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	Text of Snoo Wilson's ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'', published by [[Samuel French]]		Text of Snoo Wilson's ''[[The Soul of the White Ant]]'', published by [[Samuel French]]