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''[[A Report to an Academy]]'' is the English version a staged version of
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#REDIRECT[[Ein Bericht für eine Akademie]]
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
 
 
 
''[[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.
 
 
 
Translated into English and adapted for the stage by [[Mario Schiess]] for South African production 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 Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] in 1980. In 1987 Weyers performed the adaptation to rave reviews in Los Angeles, where critics noted the parallels with apartheid race science.[]
 
 
 
In 2003*? [[Abduragman Adams]] did another version of the Schiess text at the [[Grahamstown Festival]].
 
 
 
[[Karoly Pinter]] directed the play starring [[Sello Maake ka Ncube]] in 2009.
 
 
 
===Versions in other South African languages===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013: First performed at the [[Aardklop]] festival in Porchefstroom in 2013,  as a  [[Aardklop|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
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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