Report to an Academy

Ein Bericht für eine Akademie is a short story by Franz Kafka, written in German and published in 1917. In the story, an ape named Red Peter, who has been raised as a human, reports on his process of transformation, and his experiences and longings, to the Academy of Sciences.

It has been adapted for the stage a number of times in many parts of the world. Possibly the first is the South African production by Mario Schiess and Marius Weyers in 1980.

Performance history in South Africa

English versions

Translated into English and adapted as a one-man show for the stage and directed for South Africa by Mario Schiess with Marius Weyers in 1980 . The production became a massive hit, financially and economically and critically, being performed around the country and abroad for the following number of years. He won a number of awards for the role, including the Fleur du Cap Award in 1980.

In 2003*? Abduragman Adams did another version of the Schiess text at the Grahamstown Festival.

Versions in other South African languages

An Afrikaans translation by Arnold Blumer, called Na-aap (literally "after-ape" in Afrikaans, which means "to imitate"). First performed at the aardklop festival in Porchefstroom in 2013, as a Clover Aardklop production, directed by Jaco Bouwer, with De Klerk Oelofse.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Report_to_an_Academy

Aardklop Programme 2013

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