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| − | + | '''''The Collector''''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector] is the 1963 debut novel by English author [[John Fowles]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fowles], which was made into a movie in 1965. Subsequently many stage adaptations have appeared. | |
The first was by David Parker and Fowles in 1973, Staged with Marianne Faithfull and Simon Williams at St Martin's Theatre in the West End, it received bad reviews. | The first was by David Parker and Fowles in 1973, Staged with Marianne Faithfull and Simon Williams at St Martin's Theatre in the West End, it received bad reviews. | ||
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The Collector [1] is the 1963 debut novel by English author John Fowles [2], which was made into a movie in 1965. Subsequently many stage adaptations have appeared.
The first was by David Parker and Fowles in 1973, Staged with Marianne Faithfull and Simon Williams at St Martin's Theatre in the West End, it received bad reviews.
Another version by Mark Healy was first performed at Derby Playhouse in October 1998.
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by CAPAB English Drama in the Hofmeyr Theatre, opening 12 May 1973, directed by Keith Grenville.
A Baxter Theatre production of Parker's adaptation was directed by Keith Grenville and designed by Fred Abrahamse, starring Sean Taylor (Clegg), Janet du Plessis (Miranda) and Frank Kendall (Bowles). The play opened in the Baxter Studio on 3 February 1982.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Vlindervanger ( Lit. "The Butterfly Catcher") by Johann van Heerden, for production by students of the Drama Department, Stellenbosch University in 1986. Directed by Van Heerden.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collector
Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet, May 1973.
The Collector theatre programme (Baxter, 1982).
Barrow and Williams-Short, 1988.
Curriculum Vitae of Johann van Heerden (2011)
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