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[[H.B. Thom Theatre]] pamphlet, 1991 | [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] pamphlet, 1991 | ||
Revision as of 06:48, 28 March 2023
WAM (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) is a musical play by Janice Honeyman (1949-).
Also found as WAM! (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) or referred to simply as WAM.
Not to be confused with the similarly titled 2010 dance and music production called WAM! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, A journey through Mozart’s life in music and dance[1], a stage production conceived and adapted by the choreographer David Palmer, based on Mozart’s letters and his music.
Contents
The original text
Subtitled "A magical tour through music", the text was developed, written and staged by in South Africa by Janice Honeyman.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Wilma Stockenström. The text of the translation is unpublished, though a copy of the typed text was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives.
Performance history in South Africa
1975?: Performed in English and Afrikaans by the PACT Playwork Company, directed by Janice Honeyman in the Breytenbach Theatre, Pretoria and the Alexander Theatre, Johannesburg.
1991: The Afrikaans only version was presented by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre in May 1991, directed by Juanita Swanepoel, assisted by Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck, musical direction by André van der Merwe with Waldemar Schultz as Mozart.
Sources
Walter Greyvenstein. 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral thesis. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
A photocopy of the typed English text of the play, including a foreword by the author/director and the sheet music, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
H.B. Thom Theatre pamphlet, 1991
The text of the Afrikaans translation by Wilma Stockenström, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
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