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Revision as of 11:05, 4 February 2026
Die Selbstmörder ("The Suicide") is the German title of a 1928 play by Soviet dramatist and screenwriter Nikolai R. Erdman [1] (1900-1970).
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The original text
Written in the late 1920's the Russian text was shcheduled for performance in the Wachtangow Theatre in Moscow, under the direction of Meyerhold, but censorship prevented it from happening. It eventually had its premiere (in the German version) in 1969, staged in Göteborg, Sweden, followed by a production in Switzerland.
Translations and adaptations
Made into a TV film in 1971, directed by August Everding, the German translation by Ingeborg Gampert.[2]
Translated into Afrikaans from the German (Die Selbstmörder) by André P. Brink, entitled Die Selfmoordenaar (1973).
Translated as into English as The Suicide by Peter Tegel and premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford, on June 13, 1979.
Performance history in South Africa
1973: The first production of the play outside Europe was done by CAPAB (In Afrikaans as Die Selfmoordenaar) at the Nico Malan Theatre from 11 May to 2 June 1973, directed by Pieter Fourie with Johan Malherbe as Semjon, also starring Sandra Kotzé, Nerina Ferreira, Louw Verwey, Marie Pentz, Schalk Jacobsz, Cobus Rossouw, Jan Prinsloo, Johann Botha, Mees Xteen, Joan Brink and Roberta Durrant. Decor by Raimond Schoop, costumes by Jenny de Swardt, stage manager Mavis Lilenstein. This production played at the H.B. Thom Theatre in Stellenbosch 7-9 June 1973, .
Sources
Die Selfmoordenaar theatre programme, CAPAB, 1973. (Copy in the PARC research collection, Africa Open Institute, Stellenbosch)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Suicide_(play).
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703038/
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