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| − | ''[[Police]]'' is a play by Slawomir Mrozek (1930-2013)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Mro%C5%BCek].
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| − | Also referred to as ''[[The Police]]'' in some sources.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | The play, Mrozek's first, is set in a mythical country where the secret police have been so successful that all opposition to the ruling tyrannical regime has disappeared.
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| − | The play premiered in Warsaw on 27 June 1958. Performed in English at the Phoenix Theatre in New York in 1961.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into English by Nicholas Bethell.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1971: Presented by [[CAPAB]] Drama at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in a double bill with ''[[The Real Inspector Hound]]'' with direction and decor by [[Mavis Taylor]] in October 1971. The cast: [[Johan Malherbe]] (Chief of police), [[Nerina Ferreira]] (Wife), [[Paul Slabolepszy]] (Policeman), [[Pietro Nolte]] (Band), [[Ronald France]] (Prisoner/Aide), [[Phillip Boucher]] (General), [[Roger Dwyer]] (Sergeant). Costumes by [[Jennifer Craig]] and [[Mavis Taylor]], lighting devised by [[Scott Robertson]], music selected by [[Michael Tuffin]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Mro%C5%BCek
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| − | ''[[Police]]'' theatre programme, 1971.
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| − | == Return to ==
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