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| − | ''[[What Are You Doing Here?]]'' is a play by David Campton ()[]. | + | ''[[What Are You Doing Here?]]'' is a play by David Campton (1924 – 2006)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Campton]. |
==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | "A large jeering crowd appears on stage. A Narrator tries to analyse why ordinary people can suddenly be turned into an ugly mob. He describes a series of everyday events that upset people who in turn upset someone else. He asks who upset the first man in the chain. It was the Narrator himself."[https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/what-are-you-doing-here_david-campton/34665899/#edition=61455230&idiq=48285468] | ||
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| + | The play originally published by [[Samuel French]] in 1976. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Marietjie du Plessis]], the text published by [[DALRO]] in 1990. | + | Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy?]]''''' (lit. "What do you think you are doing?") by [[Marietjie du Plessis]], the text published by [[DALRO]] in 1990. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/11112/what-are-you-doing-here | ||
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| + | https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/what-are-you-doing-here_david-campton/34665899/#edition=61455230&idiq=48285468 | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Campton | ||
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| + | Text of ''[[Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy?]]'', the [[Afrikaans]] version, published by [[DALRO]] in 1990. | ||
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| + | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Wat_Dink_Jy_Doen_Jy_What_are_You_Doing_H.html?id=GBdeGQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:03, 27 March 2023
What Are You Doing Here? is a play by David Campton (1924 – 2006)[1].
Contents
The original text
"A large jeering crowd appears on stage. A Narrator tries to analyse why ordinary people can suddenly be turned into an ugly mob. He describes a series of everyday events that upset people who in turn upset someone else. He asks who upset the first man in the chain. It was the Narrator himself."[2]
The play originally published by Samuel French in 1976.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into Afrikaans as Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy? (lit. "What do you think you are doing?") by Marietjie du Plessis, the text published by DALRO in 1990.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/11112/what-are-you-doing-here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Campton
Text of Wat Dink Jy Doen Jy?, the Afrikaans version, published by DALRO in 1990.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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