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'''''Pity About People''''' is a 1974 play by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. It is a play about catatonia.  
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''[[Pity About People]]'' is a play by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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It is a play about catatonia, written in 1974. 
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1974: The first play to be staged in The [[Outer Space]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys|Uys]], with [[Val Donald]], [[Blaise Koch]] and [[Michele Maxwell]]. Lighting by [[Brian Astbury]] and stage management by [[Andrea Fine]].  
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1974: It was the first play to be staged in The [[Outer Space]] in Cape Town, directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys|Uys]], with [[Val Donald]], [[Blaise Koch]] and [[Michele Maxwell]]. Lighting by [[Brian Astbury]] and stage management by [[Andrea Fine]].  
  
 
1974: Staged by [[The Company]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys|Uys]], with [[Ziona Garfield]], [[David Eppel]] and [[Kathy Kahn]].
 
1974: Staged by [[The Company]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys|Uys]], with [[Ziona Garfield]], [[David Eppel]] and [[Kathy Kahn]].
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
  

Revision as of 05:29, 20 August 2017

Pity About People is a play by Pieter-Dirk Uys.

The original text

It is a play about catatonia, written in 1974.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1974: It was the first play to be staged in The Outer Space in Cape Town, directed by Uys, with Val Donald, Blaise Koch and Michele Maxwell. Lighting by Brian Astbury and stage management by Andrea Fine.

1974: Staged by The Company in Johannesburg, directed by Uys, with Ziona Garfield, David Eppel and Kathy Kahn.

1975: Staged at the Blue Fox in Johannesburg.

Sources

Astbury 1979.

Space theatre programme, 1974.

The Company theatre programme (undated).

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