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| − | ''[[Swan Song]]'' Anton Chekhov's [1887] (original title in Russian ''[[Lebedinaia pesnia]]'') was one of his early plays. An aging comic actor, left alone on the stage of a small theatre, dreams of his past life, of the visions that once were his, and of the reality before him.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | English translation, by Marian Fell, was published in 1912 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Pietro Nolte]] as ''Swanesang''.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | ''Swanesang'' presented by the Kaapse Teatergroep, 1972 or 1973. [[Mavis Lilenstein]] was the stage manager.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll, 1947. 683.
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