Women's Play

Women's Play is a performance piece devised by Jennifer Ferguson, Christo Leach and Kate Tindle.

Translations and adaptations

Like the orignal Italian title, the title is also translated into English in a variety of versions, e.g. I'm Ulrike - Screaming (translation by Gillian Hanna), I Cry Ulrike (translation by Adam Leipzig) and as I, Ulrike, Cry (for the South African production). The latter was a translation of the 1983 revised version of the original play, rendered in English by Toni Mitchell.

In 2015 the play was made into a Spanish film short called Yo, Ulrike, grito, directed by Karlos Aurrekoetxea[1]

South African Performances

1984: Performed by The Company as I, Ulrike, Cry at the Market Theatre in February, as part of a double bill called Women's Play/I, Ulrike, Cry. Directed and designed by Christo Leach with Jennifer Ferguson. Lighting designer and production manager Wesley France, set by Phil Leach and stage manager Andy Mabizela.

Sources

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-04-ca-15307-story.html

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/7467291

https://www.scribd.com/document/340043288/Yo-Ulrike-Grito

Pat Schwartz 1988. The Best of Company: The Story of Johannesburg's Market Theatre. Johannesburg: Ad Donker.

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

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