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| − | ''Mother Courage and her Children'' by Bertolt Brecht. The English version of Brecht's cynical but enthralling anti-war play ''Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder'' which was first presented in Zürich in 1946.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1958: The first production in South Africa was by [[Robert Mohr]] for the University of Stellenbosch Department of Speech and Drama, presented by Arena '58. The set and costume designer and assistant to the director was [[Limpie Basson]], who was also a member of the large cast which included actors such as [[Cecile Buurman]], [[Vicki Vosloo]] and [[Roelf Laubscher]].
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| − | 1973: Presented by [[CAPAB]] English Drama in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]], opening Saturday 6 October 1973. Directed by [[Michael Meacham]] assisted by [[John Burch]]. Musical director and arranger [[Christopher Fifield]], setting and costumes by [[Penny Simpson]], lighting designed by [[John Baker]]. Stage director [[Brian Kennedy]], stage manager [[Lorraine Bellamy]]. The cast: [[Babs Laker]] (Mother Courage}, [[Liz Dick]] (Kattrin, her dumb daughter), [[Nicholas Ellenbogen]] (Eilif, her son), [[Stephen Gurney]] (Swiss Cheese, her younger son), [[Johan Malherbe]] (The Cook), [[James Irwin]] (The Chaplain), [[Liz Staughton]] (Yvette Pottier), [[Keith Grenville]] (Swedish Commander). Other parts were played by [[Dugald Thomson]], [[David Crichton]], [[John Walton]], [[Elliot Playfair]], [[Mollie Thompson]], [[Michael Swinton]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Glynn Day]], [[David Sherwood]].
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| − | 1977: The Ralph Manheim English translation was staged in the [[Market Theatre]] by [[The Company]], directed by [[Barney Simon]], with a cast including [[Alan Swerdlow]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Ron Smerczak]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Victor Melleney]], [[Bill Smale]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Nigel Vermaas]], [[John Hussey]], [[Justin Haines]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Marcel van Heerden]], [[Peter Piccolo]], [[Margaret Fry]] and [[Beverley Melnick]]. Designs by [[Johan Engels]] (credited as [[Johann Engels]]) and lighting by [[Mannie Manim]]. The opening night of this play on 20 October 1977 commemorated the first anniversary of the [[Market Theatre]].
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| − | 2000: A National Theatre Guild of Uganda production was presented at the [[National Arts Festival]] in 2000.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Eric Bentley's translation into English was published in ''Seven plays by Bertolt Brecht''. New York: Grove, c1961.
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| − | Translated into English by Ralph Manheim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Manheim].
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| − | A translation into Dutch by Gerrit Kouwenaar, ''Moeder Courage en haar kinderen'' was published by Bezige Bij in 1967.
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| − | Translated from the German into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Fred Steyn]] as ''[[Moeder Courage]]'' and first performed by [[PACOFS]] in 1973 with [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] in the lead role and [[Jan Bruijns]], directed by [[Truida Louw]]. It was to become one of her stock performances. (Published by [[DALRO]] in 1973).
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Saartjie Botha]] entitled ''[[Moeder Moed en Haar Kinders]]''. Presented at the [[Woordfees]] 2016 [http://www.sun.ac.za/english/woordfees/Pages/Programme_Search.aspx?k=moeder%20moed].
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| − | Adapted into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Kristalvlakte]]'' ("Crystal flat" or "crystal plain") by [[Tertius Kapp]] and set on the Cape Flats. Performed at the [[Suidoosterfees]] in 2016.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Mother Courage'' theatre programmes (Arena '58) 1958; (CAPAB) 1973.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 345.
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| − | ''PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988''.
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| − | [[The Company]] theatre programme (undated).
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| − | [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 M|M]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
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| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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