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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Inspired by Franz Kafka's short story, "A Hunger Artist," about a professional performer who starves himself as an art form but eventually finds himself isolated as public interest wanes.
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Inspired by Franz Kafka's short story, "Ein Hungerkünstler" ("A Hunger Artist", 1922), it is a play  about a professional performer who starves himself as an art form but eventually finds himself isolated as public interest wanes.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into English by Adam Czerniawski and published - with ''[[Mariage Blanc]]'' - in the volume ''Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays'' by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd in 2000.
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Translated into English by Adam Czerniawski and published - with ''[[Mariage Blanc]]'' - in the volume ''Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays'' by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd in 1983.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Tadeusz Rozewicz. 1983. ''Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays'' by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd.
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https://gps.psi-web.org/article/view/127
  
 
A photocopy of the published text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. (See '''[[Antoinette Kellerman Collection (KC)]]'''.)   
 
A photocopy of the published text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. (See '''[[Antoinette Kellerman Collection (KC)]]'''.)   

Latest revision as of 07:08, 6 September 2025

The Hunger Artist Departs is a Polish play by Tadeusz Rozewicz.

Original title: Odejście głodomora. Author's name also found as Tadeusz Różewicz

The original text

Inspired by Franz Kafka's short story, "Ein Hungerkünstler" ("A Hunger Artist", 1922), it is a play about a professional performer who starves himself as an art form but eventually finds himself isolated as public interest wanes.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Adam Czerniawski and published - with Mariage Blanc - in the volume Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd in 1983.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Tadeusz Rozewicz. 1983. Mariage Blanc and Hunger Artist Departs: Two Plays by Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd.

https://gps.psi-web.org/article/view/127

A photocopy of the published text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. (See Antoinette Kellerman Collection (KC).)

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