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''[[Zeno at 4am]]'' is a shadow oratorio by [[William Kentridge]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]].
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==The original text==
 
 
 
A precursor to the play ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'', it was created as a shadow oratorio which combines a range of media to depict Zeno during in the state between waking and sleeping and the dilemmas which swirl through his mind – about his wife and his mistress, whether his pleasures (smoking being one) will cause his death, his precarious business dealings and the death of his father whom he did not love enough when he was young.
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Original Text==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'', created in 2001 as a collaborative project between artist/director [[William Kentridge]], the [[Handspring Puppet Company]], composer [[Kevin Volans]] and writer [[Jane Taylor]], combines puppets and humans to explore the worlds of work and of erotic pleasure that sustain the life of the modern European bourgeoisie in the years before the outbreak of World War I. The central character (Zeno) recalls the great moments of indecision and irresolution that have marked his life, and that have set in place his unresolved relationships with his father, and his wife and his mistress.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Translations and Adaptions==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
2001: Directed: [[William Kentridge]].  Cast : [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Otto Maidi]], [[Pumeza Matshikiza]] (tall),
 
[[Lwazi Ncube]] (short).
 
 
 
==Sources==
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_Conscience
 
 
 
https://www.handspringpuppet.com/
 
 
 
[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
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|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 
 
 
Return to [[South_African_Radio/Plays|South African Radio Plays and Serials]]
 

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