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| − | ''[[What Are You Doing Here?]]'' is a play by David Campton ()[]. | + | ''[[What Are You Doing Here?]]'' is a play by David Campton (1924 – 2006)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Campton]. |
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | "A large jeering crowd appears on stage. A Narrator tries to analyse why ordinary people can suddenly be turned into an ugly mob. He describes a series of everyday events that upset people who in turn upset someone else. He asks who upset the first man in the chain. It was the Narrator himself."[https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/what-are-you-doing-here_david-campton/34665899/#edition=61455230&idiq=48285468] | ||
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| + | The play originally published by [[Samuel French]] in 1976. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy?]]''''' (lit. "What do you think you are doing?") by [[Marietjie du Plessis]], the text published by [[DALRO]] in 1990. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/11112/what-are-you-doing-here | ||
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| + | https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/what-are-you-doing-here_david-campton/34665899/#edition=61455230&idiq=48285468 | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Campton | ||
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| + | Text of ''[[Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy?]]'', the [[Afrikaans]] version, published by [[DALRO]] in 1990. | ||
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| + | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Wat_Dink_Jy_Doen_Jy_What_are_You_Doing_H.html?id=GBdeGQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:03, 27 March 2023
What Are You Doing Here? is a play by David Campton (1924 – 2006)[1].
Contents
The original text
"A large jeering crowd appears on stage. A Narrator tries to analyse why ordinary people can suddenly be turned into an ugly mob. He describes a series of everyday events that upset people who in turn upset someone else. He asks who upset the first man in the chain. It was the Narrator himself."[2]
The play originally published by Samuel French in 1976.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into Afrikaans as Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy? (lit. "What do you think you are doing?") by Marietjie du Plessis, the text published by DALRO in 1990.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/11112/what-are-you-doing-here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Campton
Text of Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy?, the Afrikaans version, published by DALRO in 1990.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to South African Radio Plays and Serials
Return to South African Television Plays and Series
Return to South_African_Films
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
