Difference between revisions of "Les Deux Bourreaux"
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Two Executioners]]'' | + | Translated into English as '''''[[The Two Executioners]]''''' |
| − | Translated from the French into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Twee Laksmanne]]'' by [[Nerina Ferreira]]. | + | Translated from the French into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Die Twee Laksmanne]]''''' by [[Nerina Ferreira]]. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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Les Deux Bourreaux is a one-act French play by Fernando Arrabal (1932-)[1]
Contents
The original text
An absurdist work by written in by the Spanish playwright, novelist and filmmaker in 1958.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as The Two Executioners
Translated from the French into Afrikaans as Die Twee Laksmanne by Nerina Ferreira.
Performance history in South Africa
1971: Performed as Die Twee Laksmanne by CAPAB in a lunch-hour production in February 1971 at the Hofmeyr Theatre with Price Coetzee (Maurice), David Haynes, Pieter Geldenhuys, Mees Xteen, Nerina Ferreira and Paul Slabolepszy. Directed by Pieter Fourie (in his debut as director); decor by Pieter de Swardt. Also performed was Fando en Lis.
Sources
Wikipedia [2].
Die Twee Laksmanne programme
Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50).
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