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''Summertime'' is an Italian play in three acts by [[Ugo Betti]] (1892-1953), originally entitled in Italian ''Il paese delle vacanze'' ("vacation land"), written in 1937. It was part of a trilogy of satirical plays, which also included ''Una bella domenica di settembre'' (1935, "A Beautiful Sunday in September") and ''I nostri sogni'' (1936, "Our People's Dreams").
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''[[Summertime]]'' is the English translation of  ''[[Il Paese Delle Vacanze]]'' ("vacation land"), an Italian play in three acts by [[Ugo Betti]] (1892-1953)[http://www.yourdictionary.com/ugo-betti].  
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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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Originally written in 1937, it was part of a trilogy of satirical plays by Betti, alongside ''[[Una Bella Domenica di Settembre]]'' (1935, "A Beautiful Sunday in September") and ''[[I Nostri Sogni]]'' (1936, "Our People's Dreams"). 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
Full English title ''Summertime - An idyll in three acts'', translated by Henry Reed (Samuel French, 1957).
 
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the Italian as ''Skrikkeljaar 'n Idille in drie bedrywe'' by [[Alewyn Lee]] (DALRO, 1968).
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Translated from the Italian into English by Henry Reed as ''[[Summertime]]'', with the subtitle ''An idyll in three acts'' and published by Samuel French, 1957.
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the Italian by [[Alewyn Lee]] as ''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'' ("Leap Year"), with the subtitle also '''n Idille in drie bedrywe'' and published by [[DALRO]], 1968.
  
 
== South African productions ==
 
== South African productions ==
  
=== In English ===
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1958: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'' by [[National Theatre Organisation]].  Directed by [[Robert Mohr]] with [[Berdine Grünewald]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[San de Lange|Sann de Lange]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Salie Vermaak]], [[Louisa Aucamp]]. Costumes by [[Doreen Graves]] and décor by [[Frank Graves]].
 
=== In Afrikaans ===
 
 
 
The [[Afrikaans]] translation by [[Alewyn Lee]] produced in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'' in 1958 by [[NTO]].  Performers:  [[Berdine Grünewald]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[San de Lange|Sann de Lange]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Salie Vermaak]], [[Louisa Aucamp]]. Directed by [[Robert Mohr]], costumes by [[Doreen Graves]] and décor by [[Frank Graves]].  
 
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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http://www.yourdictionary.com/ugo-betti
 
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ugo-betti
  
''Lantern'', 7(4):375-380. 1958.
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''[[Lantern]]'', 7(4):375-380. 1958.
  
''Skrikkeljaar'' theatre programme, 1958.
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''[[Skrikkeljaar]]'' theatre programme, 1958.
  
  

Latest revision as of 09:23, 16 April 2016

Summertime is the English translation of Il Paese Delle Vacanze ("vacation land"), an Italian play in three acts by Ugo Betti (1892-1953)[1].


The original text

Originally written in 1937, it was part of a trilogy of satirical plays by Betti, alongside Una Bella Domenica di Settembre (1935, "A Beautiful Sunday in September") and I Nostri Sogni (1936, "Our People's Dreams").

Translations and adaptations

Translated from the Italian into English by Henry Reed as Summertime, with the subtitle An idyll in three acts and published by Samuel French, 1957.

Translated into Afrikaans from the Italian by Alewyn Lee as Skrikkeljaar ("Leap Year"), with the subtitle also 'n Idille in drie bedrywe and published by DALRO, 1968.

South African productions

1958: Produced in Afrikaans as Skrikkeljaar by National Theatre Organisation. Directed by Robert Mohr with Berdine Grünewald, Eghard van der Hoven, Gerrit Wessels, Mathilde Hanekom, Sann de Lange, Reenen van Niekerk, Salie Vermaak, Louisa Aucamp. Costumes by Doreen Graves and décor by Frank Graves.

Sources

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ugo-betti

Lantern, 7(4):375-380. 1958.

Skrikkeljaar theatre programme, 1958.


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