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| − | '''''Victory''''' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]]. | + | '''''Victory''''' is a play by [[Athol Fugard]] (1932-). |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
| + | ''[[Victory]]'' is a play set in post-Apartheid South Africa. It depicts the attempted robbery of an elderly white man by two teenagers from the adjacent township. It is a play of both hope and hopelessness. | ||
| + | First produced in 2007. Published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2009. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated | + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Idil Sheard]] with the title '''''[[Victoria]]'''''. The text published by [[Maskew-Miller Longman]] in 2009 and first performed in 2010. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | ''Sunday Argus'', 5 April 2007. | + | ''[[Argus|Sunday Argus]]'', 5 April 2007. |
| − | ''Mail and Guardian'', 3 May 2007. | + | ''[[Mail and Guardian]]'', 3 May 2007. |
| − | ''Sunday Independent'', 6 May 2007. | + | ''[[Sunday Independent]]'', 6 May 2007. |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 25 September 2023
Victory is a play by Athol Fugard (1932-).
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The original text
Victory is a play set in post-Apartheid South Africa. It depicts the attempted robbery of an elderly white man by two teenagers from the adjacent township. It is a play of both hope and hopelessness. First produced in 2007. Published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. 2009.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by Idil Sheard with the title Victoria. The text published by Maskew-Miller Longman in 2009 and first performed in 2010.
Performance history in South Africa
2007: Staged at the KKNK, directed by Lara Foot-Newton, with Wayne van Rooyen (Freddie Blom), Ameera Patel (Vicky/Victoria Klaas) and Cobus Rossouw (Lionel Benson). The same production was later staged in the Laager at the Market Theatre in Cape Town.
2010: Victoria, the Sheard Afrikaans translation, was staged by Drama students from the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department at the Fugard Festival in Nieu Bethesda, directed by Zoettje Hofmeyr, with Pierre Nelson, Simone Benjamin and Ruan Cornelissen.
Sources
Sunday Argus, 5 April 2007.
Mail and Guardian, 3 May 2007.
Sunday Independent, 6 May 2007.
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