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| − | ''[[Exit the King]]'' (French: ''[[Le Roi se Meurt]]'') is an absurdist drama by Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Ionesco] that premiered in 1962. It is the third in Ionesco's ''[[Berenger Cycle]]'', preceded by ''[[The Killer]]'' (1958) and ''[[Rhinoceros]]'' (1959), and followed by ''[[A Stroll in the Air]]'' (1963).
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| − | ''Le Roi se meurt'' has also been translated as ''[[The Ceremony]]''.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Bartho Smit]] as ''[[Die Koning Sterf]]''.
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| − | Published as a performance text by [[DALRO]] in 1970.
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| − | Published by [[HAUM-Literêr]] (1984) in ''Bartho Smit-vertalings; 1'', also including ''[[Die Les]]'' and ''[[Die Renosters]]''.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1966: Produced (in English?) by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] in the [[Botha Hall]] in May 1966, directed by [[Jocelyn de Bruyn]] and starring [[Johan Esterhuizen]], [[John Cartwright]], [[Bie Engelen]], [[Rina la Grange]], [[Woutrine Theron]], [[Piers Nicholson]]. This production was subsequently staged in the [[Beattie Theatre]] in Cape Town.
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| − | 1967: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Koning Sterf]]'' [[SATS]].
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| − | 1969: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Koning Sterf]]'' by [[CAPAB]]. Direction, décor and costumes by [[Jo Gevers]] with [[Louw Verwey]], [[Kita Redelinghuys]], [[Bie Engelen]], [[Pieter Joubert]], [[Nerina Ferreira]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]]. This production opened in the [[Bellville Stadskouburg]] on 28 January 1969 and in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] on 3 February 1969, after which it was taken on tour to Paarl, Worcester, Ceres, Strand, Port Elizabeth ([[Opera House]] 18-22 February), Grahamstown, East London ([[Guild Theatre]] 27 February - 1 March), Stellenbosch ([[H.B. Thom Theatre]], 4-8 March).
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| − | 1970: Presented by [[PEMADS]] at the [[Little Theatre]], Port Elizabeth, directed by [[Peter Kleinschmidt]], from 17 December 1970 to 2 January 1971.
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| − | 1972: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] by [[Dinkteater]]/[[Think Theatre]], Pretoria, directed by [[Danie Burger]].
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| − | 1977: Performed by the experimental theatre company [[Fringe]], directed by [[Dawie Malan]]).
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| − | 1982: Presented by [[Stud Productions]], directed by [[Dawie Malan]] in the The [[Laager]] opening 21 June 1982, starring [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Ralph Lawson]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Deon Stewardson]], [[Chris van Niekerk]], [[Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Warwick Greenaway]].
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| − | 1983: Presented by Natal University (Durban) at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama in 1983, directed and set designed by [[Themi Venturas]], stage manager [[Linda Nichol]]. The cast included [[Mark Faith]], [[Irene Theotokatos]], [[Brenda Radloff]], [[Robyn Glenn]], [[Bradley Mart]], [[Maureen Lahoud]], [[Christopher Wells|Chris Wells]], [[Terance Zeeman]], [[Robert Sember]].
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| − | 1984: Presented by [[CAPAB]] at the [[Arena Theatre|Nico Arena]] opening 14 September 1984, directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] starring [[David Dennis]], [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Megan Kruskal]], [[Jennifer Steyn]], [[Victoria Bawcombe]] and [[Romano Gorlei]]. Design by [[Penny Simpson]], lighting design by [[Pieter de Swardt]].
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| − | 1997: Performed in English by the [[UCT Drama Department]], 1997, directed by Cory McLeod, costumes by [[Clare Berlein]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_the_King].
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| − | UTS theatre programme 1966.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip, Donald P.]], 1972. p.152.
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| − | ''Die Koning Sterf'' theatre programme, 1969.
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| − | ''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(3), 1969.
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| − | [[NELM]]: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 12. 31 (PEMADS production).
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| − | ''Exit the King'' theatre programme. CAPAB 1984.
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| − | ''Die Burger'' 20 Sept 2013.
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| − | National Arts Festival programme, 1983.
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 E|E]] 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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