Corinne und der Seebär

Corinne und der Seebär ("Corinne and the Fur Seal") is a German play by Karl Wittlinger (1922-1994) [1].

The original text

Corinne und der Seebär was originally written as a stage play, opening in the Hannover Landesbühne on 3 September, 1965.

It tells of Corinne, who is fed up with living in a rich family home and is seeking a purpose in life. She meets the young postal clerk Oliver, who has to stamp letters every day in the steerage of a small mail steamer and longs for adventures as a ship's officer.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as a TV-film, released in Austria and Germany in 1966.

Known as Corinne and the Fur Seal in English.

The stage text translated into Afrikaans by Wilma Stockenström, under the title Corinne en die Pikbroek, a title later changed to Die Paradysboot ("the paradise boat").

Performance history in South Africa

1967: Produced as part of a triple bill TRUK, directed by Robert Mohr, the other two pieces being: Oom Wanja by Anton Chekhov and Uit de oude doos by Melt Brink.

Sources

https://www.theatertexte.de/nav/2/2/3/werk?verlag_id=felix_bloch_erben&wid=307&ebex3=3

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0336206/

PACT Triple Bill theatre programme (undated).

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Antoinette Kellerman's annotated performance text for the 1967 TRUK production, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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