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| − | ''[[Non si paga! Non si paga!]]'' ("Can't Pay! Won't Pay!") is a farce by [[Dario Fo]] (1926-)
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Written in Italian in 1974, titled ''Non si paga! Non si paga!''
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[Can't Pay? Won't Pay!]]'' by Lino Pertile (*), then adapted for performance by Bill Colvill and Robert Walker, The San Francisco Mime Troupe and Sam Smiley.
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| − | Translation into English, published by Methuen, 1987.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | ''Can't pay? won't pay!'' translated by Lino Pertile; adapted by Bill Colvill and Robert Walker; introduced by Stuart Hood and Franca Rame. Translation and adaptation of: ''Non si paga, non si paga!'' This adaptation was commissioned by Omega Stage and first presented at the Criterion Theatre, London on July 15, 1981. Previously published under title: ''We can’t pay? we won’t pay!''
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1982: Performed at the [[People's Space]], Cape Town, opening on 19 January.
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| − | 1982: Performed [[Upstairs at the Market]], opening 22 March and directed by [[Dieter Reible]].
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| − | 1993: Produced as ''[[Can't Pay? Won't Pay!]]'' by [[CAPAB]] Drama, opening 21 August at the [[Nico Arena]] directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], set design by [[Keith Anderson]], lighting design by [[Jack Arnott]]. The cast: [[Camilla Waldman]] (Antonia), [[Jamie Bartlett]] (Giovanni), [[Anthony Bishop]] (Luigi), [[Gail Reagon]] (Margherita), [[Peter Butler]] (Sergeant, Inspector, Undertaker, Old Man).
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| − | 1993: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, directed by [[Warren Nebe]]. It was performed by a predominantly deaf cast using sign language.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''1789'' programme, 1981.
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| − | [[Market Theatre]] Annual Report 1983.
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| − | ''Can't Pay? Won't Pay!'' programme, 1993
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| − | Stellenbosch University Library Catalogue.
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| − | National Arts Festival programme, 1993. 173.
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