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| + | 1967: Performed by [[The Grey Players]] in the [[De Waal Hall]] in Port Elizabeth. Produced by [[Charles Love]]. Cast: [[Peter Summerell]], [[Stephen Glover]], [[Mark Watson]], [[Robert Nevay]], [[Stephen Fick]] and [[Ronald Endley]]. | ||
1971: Performed as ''[[Die Twee Laksmanne]]'' by [[CAPAB]] in a lunch-hour production in February 1971 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] with [[Price Coetzee]] (Maurice), [[David Haynes]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Mees Xteen]], [[Nerina Ferreira]] and [[Paul Slabolepszy]]. Directed by [[Pieter Fourie]] (in his debut as director); decor by [[Pieter de Swardt]]. Also performed was ''[[Fando en Lis]]''. | 1971: Performed as ''[[Die Twee Laksmanne]]'' by [[CAPAB]] in a lunch-hour production in February 1971 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] with [[Price Coetzee]] (Maurice), [[David Haynes]], [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], [[Mees Xteen]], [[Nerina Ferreira]] and [[Paul Slabolepszy]]. Directed by [[Pieter Fourie]] (in his debut as director); decor by [[Pieter de Swardt]]. Also performed was ''[[Fando en Lis]]''. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Grey High School - 1967 yearbook. | ||
Fernando Arrabal in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal]. | Fernando Arrabal in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal]. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:11, 29 May 2018
Les Deux Bourreaux is a one-act French play by Fernando Arrabal (1932-)[1]
Contents
The original text
An absurdist work by written in by the Spanish playwright, novelist and filmmaker. Published by Julliard, Paris in 1958.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as The Two Executioners by Richard Howard (Grove Press, 1960) and by Barbara Wright (Calder and Boyars, 1962).
Translated from the French into Afrikaans as Die Twee Laksmanne by Nerina Ferreira.
Performance history in South Africa
1967: Performed by The Grey Players in the De Waal Hall in Port Elizabeth. Produced by Charles Love. Cast: Peter Summerell, Stephen Glover, Mark Watson, Robert Nevay, Stephen Fick and Ronald Endley.
1971: Performed as Die Twee Laksmanne by CAPAB in a lunch-hour production in February 1971 at the Hofmeyr Theatre with Price Coetzee (Maurice), David Haynes, Pieter Geldenhuys, Mees Xteen, Nerina Ferreira and Paul Slabolepszy. Directed by Pieter Fourie (in his debut as director); decor by Pieter de Swardt. Also performed was Fando en Lis.
Sources
Grey High School - 1967 yearbook.
Fernando Arrabal in Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal].
Die Twee Laksmanne programme
Photograph - NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50).
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