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The '''[[Seven Deadly Sins]]''' is a concept found throughout the history of Christianity, often used as '''title''' and/or '''theme''' in works of art, including drama, film, media and performance. | The '''[[Seven Deadly Sins]]''' is a concept found throughout the history of Christianity, often used as '''title''' and/or '''theme''' in works of art, including drama, film, media and performance. | ||
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''Not to be confused with the Catholic doctrine of "'''Mortal Sin'''"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin]'' | ''Not to be confused with the Catholic doctrine of "'''Mortal Sin'''"[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin]'' | ||
Revision as of 16:00, 13 August 2022
The Seven Deadly Sins is a concept found throughout the history of Christianity, often used as title and/or theme in works of art, including drama, film, media and performance.
Not to be confused with the Catholic doctrine of "Mortal Sin"[1]
Contents
- 1 The Seven Deadly Sins as concept
- 2 The Seven Deadly Sins in theatre, film, media and performance
- 2.1 The Seven Deadly Sins attributed to Richard Tarlton (c. 1585)
- 2.2 Die Sieben Todsünden ("The Seven Deadly Sins") by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (1933).
- 2.3 The Seven Deadly Sins- Seven One-act Plays by Thornton Wilder
- 2.4 Die Sewe Doodsondes ("The Seven Deadly Sins") by Hennie Aucamp and Barry Strydom (1995)
- 2.5 Other dramatic works with this title
- 3 Sources
- 4 Return to
The Seven Deadly Sins as concept
The so-called "seven deadly sins" (also known as "capital vices", or "cardinal sins") are not explicitly mentioned in the Bible, but refer to a group of vices often found in Christian teaching and mentioned in (or used as a theme in ) in literary and dramatic works. The sins mentioned usually refer to the sins of Pride, Envy, Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony and Lust.
For more on the origin and nature of the list of Deadly Sins, including their occurrence in the various art forms, see the entry on "Seven Deadly Sins" in Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
The Seven Deadly Sins in theatre, film, media and performance
As a title The Seven Deadly Sins can refer to the a vast number of books and works of art, including a number of dramatic works, films and other performance forms. There are of course also a number of other works using the seven deadly sins as theme, but with another title.
Among the works bearing the title The Seven Deadly Sins are:
The Seven Deadly Sins attributed to Richard Tarlton (c. 1585)
The original text
A two-part play in the tradition of the medieval morality play, written c. 1585 and attributed to Richard Tarlton, whose company, Queen Elizabeth's Men, first performed it.
Performances in South Africa
Die Sieben Todsünden ("The Seven Deadly Sins") by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (1933).
Known in English as The Seven Deadly Sins and in French as Les sept péchés capitaux.
The original text
First performed in German on 7 June 1933 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, with Lotte Lenya in the lead.
South African performances
1976: Performed in English as The Seven Deadly Sins in Johannesburg in 1976 with singer Judy Page as "Anna 1" and the ballerina Galina Samsova as "Anna 2".
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Deadly_Sins_(ballet_chant%C3%A9)
George Boshoff, Eversdal. 2022. Letter: 'Die Sewe Doodsondes' kom al lank, Die Burger, 13 August 2022: p.18
The Seven Deadly Sins- Seven One-act Plays by Thornton Wilder
The original text
A series of short works depicting the complexity and consequences of human frailty, comprising the plays The Drunken Sisters (Gluttony), Bernice (Pride), The Wreck on the 5:25 (Sloth), A Ringing of Doorbells (Envy), In Shakespeare and the Bible (Wrath), Someone From Assisi (Lust) and Cement Hands (Avarice).
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) [2] worked on this idea during the late ’50s and early ’60s, a period when he was much taken the artistic promise of theater-in-the-round. The first performed was Someone from Assisi (Lust) at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York during in 1961-1962.
For more on the plays see https://www.thorntonwilder.com, the official website of the Thornton Wilder family.
Performances in South Africa
For performances put on in South Africa, see the entries on the individual plays.
Die Sewe Doodsondes ("The Seven Deadly Sins") by Hennie Aucamp and Barry Strydom (1995)
The original text
Die Sewe Doodsondes is a South African cabaret/"morality" by Hennie Aucamp and Barry Strydom, originally written in Afrikaans.
Performances in South Africa
See the entry on Die Sewe Doodsondes for more detail.
Other dramatic works with this title
In more recent times a number of shorter plays called The Seven Deadly Sins, depicting the seven sins, have also been written by inter alia Ron Vandenburg[3], Simon Denver[4],
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin
The Seven Deadly Sins (play) in Wikipedia[5]
https://www.stageplays.com/products/the_seven_deadly_sins/Thornton%20Wilder
Playscript [Typescript (photocopy)], CAMPBELL Location: [Collection: DALRO]: 2001. 41. 269 held by NELM.
Database: Amazwi - manuscripts.
http://www.dramatix.org/archive/Walk/seven_sins.html
https://www.maverickmusicals.com/play/seven-deadly-sins/
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