Apareceu a Margarida

Apareceu a Margarida is a satirical play in Portuguese by Brazil's Roberto Athayde (born 1949) [1].

The original text

Written in 1973, it is a play is set in what looks like a school classroom. The play's cast typically consists of only two people: Miss Margarida, a school teacher, and a male student. This "student" often sits among the audience members, whom the "teacher" addresses and treats as if they were real school children.

Translations and adaptations

Translated onto English as Miss Margarida's Way and was first performed in the United States at the American Contemporary Theatre in San Francisco on 4 March 1975.

The play was translated into Afrikaans by Wim Vorster, title unknown.

Performance history in South Africa

THe English text performed as a Baxter Theatre production in 1981, directed by Robin Sanders, with Michelle du Toit as Miss Margarida and André Samuels as one of her students. Opened at the People's Space on 26 February 1981. Designer Jenny Gillis, stage manager Kathy Batho

Sources

Miss Magrida's Way. A Tragicomic Monologue for an Impetuous Woman, Google Books [2]

Miss Margarida's Way theatre programme, 1981.

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.

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