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''Madame de Sade'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_Sade] is a 1965 play by [[Yukio Mishima]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima], translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene. A version of the story of the Marquis de Sade.  
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''Madame de Sade'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_de_Sade] is a 1965 historical fiction play by [[Yukio Mishima]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukio_Mishima], based on the life of Renée de Sade, wife of the notorious Marquis de Sade.  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated from the Japanese into English by Donald Keene [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Keene].
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
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[[The Company]] theatre programme, 1976.
 
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:29, 30 June 2015

Madame de Sade [1] is a 1965 historical fiction play by Yukio Mishima [2], based on the life of Renée de Sade, wife of the notorious Marquis de Sade.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated from the Japanese into English by Donald Keene [3].

Performance history in South Africa

First produced in South Africa by The Company during the 1970s in The Nunnery in Johannesburg.

Other productions include the Baxter Theatre and the Grahamstown Festival, 1997, directed by Geoffrey Hyland and featuring Antoinette Kellermann, Claire Berlein, Michelle Scott, Mary Dreyer, Terry Norton, Susan Dall. Set design, Brian Collins; Lighting design, Paul Abrams; Costumes Ann Sharfman and Yvonne Bleach. (Festival programme, 1997).


Sources

The Company theatre programme, 1976.

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