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''[[The Hunger Artist Departs]]'' is a Polish play by Tadeusz Rozewicz | ''[[The Hunger Artist Departs]]'' is a Polish play by Tadeusz Rozewicz | ||
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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
Inspired by Franz Kafka's short story, "A Hunger Artist," about a professional performer who starves himself as an art form but eventually finds himself isolated as public interest wanes. | Inspired by Franz Kafka's short story, "A Hunger Artist," about a professional performer who starves himself as an art form but eventually finds himself isolated as public interest wanes. | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into English by Adam Czerniawski and published in the volume ''Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays'' by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd in 2000. | + | Translated into English by Adam Czerniawski and published - with ''[[Mariage Blanc]]'' - in the volume ''Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays'' by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd in 2000. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 06:50, 6 September 2025
The Hunger Artist Departs is a Polish play by Tadeusz Rozewicz
Contents
The original text
Inspired by Franz Kafka's short story, "A Hunger Artist," about a professional performer who starves himself as an art form but eventually finds himself isolated as public interest wanes.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Adam Czerniawski and published - with Mariage Blanc - in the volume Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd in 2000.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
A photocopy of the published text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. (See Antoinette Kellerman Collection (KC).)
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