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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
''Voices'' won an Emmy for a local PBS production in 1975. The text of the play is available in a player’s edition from Samuel French.
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Written for a 5 woman cast, it is a verse play about the lives of five women, each is facing some crisis in life. They don't know one another, nor speak to each other, but tell their life stories to the audience. It opened to great audience acclaim in New York City.
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''[[Voices]]'' won an Emmy Award for a local PBS production in 1975.  
  
The text was published as ''[[Voices: A Play for Women]]'' by [[Samuel French]] in 1979.  
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The playtext was published as ''[[Voices: A Play for Women]]'' by [[Samuel French]] in 1979.  
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Stemme]]'' by [[Fred le Roux]].  
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Stemme]]'' by [[Fred le Roux|F.J. le Roux]] in 1980.  
  
Th''Stemme'' was performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in a double bill with ''[[Dameshandwerk]]'' in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in April 1980, directed by [[Herman Pretorius]].
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1980: ''[[Stemme]]'' was performed by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in a double bill with ''[[Dameshandwerk]]'' in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in April, directed by [[Herman Pretorius]].
  
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==Sources==
  
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https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Play-Women-Susan-Griffin/dp/0573630151
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A typed copy of the Le Roux translation found in the archives of the Drama Department of [[Stellenbosch University]]
  
 
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Voices is a play by Susan Griffin ()[].


by Susan Griffin

The original text

Written for a 5 woman cast, it is a verse play about the lives of five women, each is facing some crisis in life. They don't know one another, nor speak to each other, but tell their life stories to the audience. It opened to great audience acclaim in New York City.

Voices won an Emmy Award for a local PBS production in 1975.

The playtext was published as Voices: A Play for Women by Samuel French in 1979.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Stemme by F.J. le Roux in 1980.

1980: Stemme was performed by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in a double bill with Dameshandwerk in the H.B. Thom Theatre in April, directed by Herman Pretorius.

Sources

https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Play-Women-Susan-Griffin/dp/0573630151

A typed copy of the Le Roux translation found in the archives of the Drama Department of Stellenbosch University

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