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''[[Women's Play]]'' is a performance piece devised by [[Jennifer Ferguson]], [[Christo Leach]] and [[Kate Tindle]].
 
''[[Women's Play]]'' is a performance piece devised by [[Jennifer Ferguson]], [[Christo Leach]] and [[Kate Tindle]].
 
          
 
          
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''Not to be confused with [[Fatima Dike]]'s play '''[[Women's Voices]]'''''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
 
Structured as a statement from prison by the German radical Ulrike Meinhoff in which we see her mind filled to the point of nausea with sinister, oppressive, brutish images of the power apparatus of the German state.
 
  
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
== 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[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4678486/releaseinfo/?ref_=tt_ov_rdat]
 
  
 
==South African Performances==
 
==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]].
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1984: Performed by [[The Company]] as ''[[Women's Play]]'' in [[The Laager]] at the [[Market Theatre]] in February, as part of a double bill with ''[[I, Ulrike, Cry]]'' (the evening 's event called '''''[[Women's Play/I, Ulrike, Cry]]'''''). Directed and designed by [[Christo Leach]] with [[Jennifer Ferguson]] and [[Kate Tindle]]. Lighting designer and production manager [[Wesley France]], set by [[Phil Leach]] and stage manager [[Andy Mabizela]]. (Also see the entry on: ''[[I, Ulrike, Cry]]''.)
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 04:44, 22 April 2024

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

Not to be confused with Fatima Dike's play Women's Voices

The original text

Translations and adaptations

South African Performances

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

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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