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	[[ESAT Bibliography Da-Daz\|Davis, Geoffrey V.]] 2003. pp. 333-343.		[[ESAT Bibliography Da-Daz\|Davis, Geoffrey V.]] 2003. pp. 333-343.
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		+	[[Cornelia Faasen]]. 2010. ''Theatre as alternative historical narrative : a study of three plays: [[Ubu and the Truth Commission]], [[Copenhagen]] and [[Ghetto]]''. LAP (Lambert Academic Publishing).

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 ==Original text==
-Based on [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'',  it compared Jarry's King Ubu with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, utilizing texts from the TRC hearings in documentary fashion, as well as puppets and animated graphics by Kentridge. The text was finalized by [[Jane Taylor]] and the production directed by [[William Kentridge]].
+Based on Alfred Jarry's ''[[Ubu Roi]]'',  it compared Jarry's King Ubu with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, utilizing texts from the TRC hearings in documentary fashion, as well as puppets and animated graphics by Kentridge. The text was finalized by [[Jane Taylor]] and the production directed by [[William Kentridge]].
 Two story lines were presented through two different media; the fictitious story of Pa Ubu, the outrageously violent megalomaniac and his wife Ma Ubu were played by live actors, while the true-life stories of individuals testifying at the TRC were presented through puppets. Both [[TRC]]-related productions, ''[[The Story I am about to Tell]]'' and ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' told the actual stories of real victims who had recently testified before the [[TRC]], but in neither production were those victims portrayed by actors playing the parts. As if the pain and suffering of those victims were too real and too immediate at that time to be presented by performers, the former production used the real victims on stage and the latter used puppets.

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 ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' is a play by [[Jane Taylor]], [[William Kentridge]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]].
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+==Original text==
 Based on [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'',  it compared Jarry's King Ubu with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, utilizing texts from the TRC hearings in documentary fashion, as well as puppets and animated graphics by Kentridge. The text was finalized by [[Jane Taylor]] and the production directed by [[William Kentridge]].

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-''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' is a play by [[Jane Taylor]], [[William Kentridge]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]]. Based on [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'',  it compared Jarry's King Ubu with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, utilizing texts from the TRC hearings in documentary fashion, as well as puppets and animated graphics by Kentridge. The text was finalized by [[Jane Taylor]] and the production directed by [[William Kentridge]].
+''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' is a play by [[Jane Taylor]], [[William Kentridge]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]].
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
 : It opened in South Africa at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] (11 July) and the [[Market Theatre]] in 1997, presented by the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] and directed by [[William Kentridge]] in association with [[Mannie Manim]] Productions, featuring [[Dawid Minnaar]] as Pa Ubu and [[Busi Zokufa]] as Ma Ubu, [[Louis Seboko]], [[Adrian Kohler]] and [[Basil Jones]].
-Two story lines were presented through two different media; the fictitious story of Pa Ubu, the outrageously violent megalomaniac and his wife Ma Ubu were played by live actors, while the true-life stories of individuals testifying at the TRC were presented through puppets. Both [[TRC]]-related productions, ''[[The Story I am about to Tell]]'' and ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' told the actual stories of real victims who had recently testified before the [[TRC]], but in neither production were those victims portrayed by actors playing the parts. As if the pain and suffering of those victims were too real and too immediate at that time to be presented by performers, the former production used the real victims on stage and the latter used puppets.
+: Production presented in Stellenbosch at the [[Spier Amphitheatre]], [[Spier Summer Arts Festival]] (13 Jan 1998).
 == Performance history abroad ==

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 ==Source==
 Grahamstown Festival programme, 1997
 [Van Heerden (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms] pp 102-104.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Da-Daz|Davis, Geoffrey V.]] 2003. pp. 333-343.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-It opened in South Africa at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and the [[Market Theatre]] in 1997, presented by the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] and [[William Kentridge]] in association with [[Mannie Manim Productions]], featuring [[Dawid Minnaar]] as Pa Ubu and [[Busi Zokufa]] as Ma Ubu, [[Louis Seboko]], [[Adrian Kohler]] and [[Basil Jones]].
+It opened in South Africa at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and the [[Market Theatre]] in 1997, presented by the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] and [[William Kentridge]] in association with [[Mannie Manim]] Productions, featuring [[Dawid Minnaar]] as Pa Ubu and [[Busi Zokufa]] as Ma Ubu, [[Louis Seboko]], [[Adrian Kohler]] and [[Basil Jones]].
 Two story lines were presented through two different media; the fictitious story of Pa Ubu, the outrageously violent megalomaniac and his wife Ma Ubu were played by live actors, while the true-life stories of individuals testifying at the TRC were presented through puppets. Both [[TRC]]-related productions, ''[[The Story I am about to Tell]]'' and ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' told the actual stories of real victims who had recently testified before the [[TRC]], but in neither production were those victims portrayed by actors playing the parts. As if the pain and suffering of those victims were too real and too immediate at that time to be presented by performers, the former production used the real victims on stage and the latter used puppets.

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-by [[Jane Taylor]], [[William Kentridge]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]]. Based on [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'',  it compared Jarry's King Ubu with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, utilizing texts from the TRC hearings in documentary fashion, as well as puppets and animated graphics by Kentridge. The text was finalized by [[Jane Taylor]] and the production directed by [[William Kentridge]].  It opened in South Africa at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1997,presented by the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] and [[William Kentridge]] in association with [[Mannie Manim Productions]], featuring [[Dawid Minnaar]] as Pa Ubu and [[Busi Zokufa]] as Ma Ubu.
+by [[Jane Taylor]], [[William Kentridge]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]]. Based on [[Alfred Jarry]]'s ''[[Ubu Roi]]'',  it compared Jarry's King Ubu with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, utilizing texts from the TRC hearings in documentary fashion, as well as puppets and animated graphics by Kentridge. The text was finalized by [[Jane Taylor]] and the production directed by [[William Kentridge]].
 Two story lines were presented through two different media; the fictitious story of Pa Ubu, the outrageously violent megalomaniac and his wife Ma Ubu were played by live actors, while the true-life stories of individuals testifying at the TRC were presented through puppets. Both [[TRC]]-related productions, ''[[The Story I am about to Tell]]'' and ''[[Ubu and the Truth Commission]]'' told the actual stories of real victims who had recently testified before the [[TRC]], but in neither production were those victims portrayed by actors playing the parts. As if the pain and suffering of those victims were too real and too immediate at that time to be presented by performers, the former production used the real victims on stage and the latter used puppets.
 ==Source==
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 [Van Heerden (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms] pp 102-104
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