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Revision as of 07:12, 2 June 2015
The Exception and the Rule [1] (in German: Die Ausnahme und die Regel) is a short play by German playwright Bertolt Brecht and is one of several Lehrstücke (teaching plays) he wrote around 1929/30. The objective of Brecht's Lehrstücke was that they be taken on tour and performed in schools or in factories to educate the masses about socialist politics. (Wikipedia)
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1973: Staged in the The Space (Cape Town), directed by Trevor Whittock and Patricia Whittock.
1975:
1983: Presented by the University of Zululand at the National Arts Festival Student Drama. Directed by Njabulo Mabaso, set designed by Mabaso and the cast, set built by Kingsley Xaba and the cast. Lighting by Mabaso and Xaba. Company manager Bafana Nkambule, stage manager Kingsley Xaba. The cast: Zolosile Mapipa, Kingsley Xaba, Sipho Nkabinoe, Mafu Pamla, Mthanoeni Namba, Bafana Nkambule, Monthetho Sibisi, Mafu Pamla, Vikki Kapueja, Bongani Simelane.
Sources
PACT Playwork theatre programme, 1975.
Astbury 1979.
National Arts Festival programme, 1983.
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