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| − | ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' is a puppet play by [[William Kentridge]], [[Jane Taylor]], [[Kevin Volans]] and the [[Handspring Puppet Company]].
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| − | ==Original text==
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| − | The piece is based on ''[[La coscienza di Zeno]]'' ("The conscience of Zeno"), a novel by Italo Svevo ()[], published in 1923, about the memoirs kept of the fictional character "Zeno Cosini", kept as a therapeutic action at the behest of his psychoanalyst. In it he writes about his father, his business, his wife, and his tobacco habit.
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| − | The original English translation was published under the title ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'', but is also known as ''[[Zeno's Confessions]]''.
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| − | Aspects of the novel have been dramatised in two forms by [[William Kentridge]], the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] - initally as a shadow oratorio named ''[[Zeno as 4am]]'' (2001), then as a full-scale stage production called ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' (2002).
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| − | ==The play: ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]''==
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| − | ''[[Confessions of Zeno]]'' was created in 2002 as a collaborative project between artist/director [[William Kentridge]], the [[Handspring Puppet Company]], composer [[Kevin Volans]] and writer [[Jane Taylor]]. It combines puppets and humans to explore the worlds of work and of erotic pleasure that sustain the life of the modern European bourgeoisie in the years before the outbreak of World War I. The central character (Zeno) recalls the great moments of indecision and irresolution that have marked his life, and that have set in place his unresolved relationships with his father, and his wife and his mistress.
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| − | ==Performance history in South Africa==
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| − | 2002: First produced by the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] in Grahamstown at the [[Guy Butler Theatre]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] (3–4 Jul 2002).
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| − | 2003: Presented at the [[Spier Amphitheatre]], Stellenbosch. Directed by [[William Kentridge]], with [[Dawid Minnaar]] (6–8 February).
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | https://www.handspringpuppet.com/
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handspring_Puppet_Company
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| − | == Return to ==
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