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''[[The Green Knight]]'' was an English verse play by [[H.W.D. Manson]].   
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''[[The Green Knight]]'' was an English verse play by [[H.W.D. Manson]] (1926-1969).   
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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First performed by the English Department of the [[University of Natal]] (Pietermaritzburg)  
 
First performed by the English Department of the [[University of Natal]] (Pietermaritzburg)  
in 1955. In 1956 three acts of the play (plus synopses of the rest by [[Christina van Heyningen]]) were first published in ''[[Standpunte]]'' (11(1):12-34, Aug-Sept). The full text eventually  published by [[Human & Rousseau]], in 1969.
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in 1955. In 1956 three acts of the play (plus synopses of the rest by [[Christina van Heyningen]]) were published in ''[[Standpunte]]'' (11(1):12-34, Aug-Sept). The full text eventually  published by [[Human & Rousseau]], in 1969.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[H.W.D. Manson]]. 1969. ''[[The Green Knight]]'', Cape Town: [[Human & Rousseau]].
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''[[Standpunte]]'', 11(1), August/September, 1956: pp. 12-34.
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''[[Teater SA]]'', 1(4), 1969.
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''[[Theoria]]'', (35), October 1970.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:53, 7 August 2024

The Green Knight was an English verse play by H.W.D. Manson (1926-1969).

The original text

The play uses the the plot of the Middle English poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, giving the poem a significant twist for its own purposes.

First performed by the English Department of the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg) in 1955. In 1956 three acts of the play (plus synopses of the rest by Christina van Heyningen) were published in Standpunte (11(1):12-34, Aug-Sept). The full text eventually published by Human & Rousseau, in 1969.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1955: First performed by the English Department of the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg), directed by Christina van Heyningen.

Sources

H.W.D. Manson. 1969. The Green Knight, Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.

Standpunte, 11(1), August/September, 1956: pp. 12-34.

Teater SA, 1(4), 1969.

Theoria, (35), October 1970.

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