Woyzeck - Revision history

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	[[UTS]] theatre programme, September 1981.		[[UTS]] theatre programme, September 1981.
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		+	Text of the Van Heerden [[Afrikaans]] translation, held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], Stellenbosch.

	The [[Handspring Puppet Company]] website[http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za/handspring-productions/woyzeck-on-the-highveld/]		The [[Handspring Puppet Company]] website[http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za/handspring-productions/woyzeck-on-the-highveld/]

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 ===Translations===
-The incomplete original German text translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Woyzeck]]'' (based upon the German source material) by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1981. A copy of Van Heerden's text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
+The incomplete original German text translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Woyzeck]]'' (based upon the German source material) by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1981. A copy of Van Heerden's text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022 and now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa..
 ===Major adaptations===

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 : The [[Johann van Heerden|Van Heerden]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was staged by the [[University Theatre of Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in September 1981, directed by [[Johann van Heerden]] (assisted by [[Sharon Theron]]), with [[Lochner de Kock]] (Woyzeck), [[Hannes Baard]] (Onderoffisier), [[Neels Engelbrecht]] (Dokter), [[Wilna Engelbrecht]] (Ou Vrou & Ouma), [[Peter Holden]] (Andres), [[Linda Jacobs]] (Margret), [[Ronél Kriel]] (various), [[Adèle Marais]] (various), [[Theresa Marais]] (Käthe), [[Albert Maritz]] (Tamboermajoor), [[Pamela Moag]] (various), [[Elzette Pretorius]] (various), [[Johan Rademan]] (various), [[Anton Smith]] (various), [[Fanie Steenkamp]] (Karl), [[Danielle Stevens]] (Dokter se Vrou), [[Zoettje Strachan]] (various), [[Hélène Truter]] (Marie), [[June van Merch]] (various) and [[Emile van Wyk]] (various). Décor and lighting by [[Emile Aucamp]], costumes by [[Elaine Aucamp]] and music by [[Roelof Temmingh]].
-: Directed by [[Lara Foot]], assisted by [[Mncedisi Shabangu]] at the Baxter Theatre, September, with [[Zoleka Helesi]], [[Mdu Kweyama]], [[Bongile Mantsai]], [[Thami Mbongo]], [[Apollo Ntshoko]], [[Chuma Sopotela]], [[Rob van Vuuren]] and [[John Ndouma]].
+: The English version staged  at the [[Baxter Theatre]] in September, directed by [[Lara Foot]], assisted by [[Mncedisi Shabangu]]with [[Zoleka Helesi]], [[Mdu Kweyama]], [[Bongile Mantsai]], [[Thami Mbongo]], [[Apollo Ntshoko]], [[Chuma Sopotela]], [[Rob van Vuuren]] and [[John Ndouma]].
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 ===Translations===
-The incomplete original German text translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Woyzeck]]'' (based upon the German source material) by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1981.
+The incomplete original German text translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Woyzeck]]'' (based upon the German source material) by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1981. A copy of Van Heerden's text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
 ===Major adaptations===

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 ===Translations===
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Woyzeck]]'' from the original German (and based upon the German source material) by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1981.
+The incomplete original German text translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Woyzeck]]'' (based upon the German source material) by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1981.
 ===Major adaptations===

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 In 1992 the play became the basis of '''''[[Woyzeck on the Highveld]]''''', the first collaborative theatre production undertaken by [[William Kentridge]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]]. This is a major adaptation of Büchner’s unfinished play, commenting on the turbulent history in South Africa in the 1980s and the start of the 1990s.
-'''For details of the South African play, see the entry on ''[[Woyzeck on the Highveld]]'''''.
+'''For more details of the South African play, see the entry on ''[[Woyzeck on the Highveld]]'''''.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-The play has been the source for numerous translation and adaptations over the years. Below we list only South African versions.
+The play has been the source for numerous translations and adaptations over the years. Below we list only South African versions.
 ''For '''international''' examples, see for instance the [[Wikipedia]] entry on the play at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woyzeck''

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 ==The original text==
-A play about a German soldier who murders his mistress. Deals with jealousy, murder and the individual’s struggle against society. A number of incomplete versions were written between July and October 1836. The varuious versions were later edited by Karl Emil Franzos and published posthumously in 1879.
+A play about a German soldier who murders his mistress. Deals with jealousy, murder and the individual’s struggle against society. A number of incomplete versions were written between July and October 1836. The various versions were later edited by Karl Emil Franzos and published posthumously in 1879.
 The play was first produced by Max Reinhardt, but only in 1913 at the Residence Theatre in München.

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−	''[[Woyzeck]]'' is an unfinished play ~~by German writer~~ [[Georg Büchner]] (1813-1837) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_B%C3%BCchner].	+	''[[Woyzeck]]'' is an unfinished play [[Georg Büchner]] (1813-1837) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_B%C3%BCchner].

	==The original text==		==The original text==