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''The Dragon'' (''Drakon'') (1944) a satirical play by Yevgeny Schwartz. Evgeny Lvovich Shvarts (1896-1958) was a Soviet writer and playwright whose cult works include twenty-five plays and screenplays for three films (in collaboration with Nikolai Erdman). In 1944, Shvarts completed the satirical play ''The Dragon'', which was seen as subversive in the political climate of post-war Russia. The play tells the story of the knight Lancelot, who sets out to slay the dragon. However, in his quest, he stumbles on a community governed by a bureaucratic hierarchy using the dragon to cover their own use of power. A filmed version, ''To Kill a Dragon'', was produced in 1988.
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''The Dragon'' (''Drakon'') (1944) a satirical play by Yevgeny Shvarts (Evgeny Lvovich Shvarts: 1896-1958)  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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Shvarts was a Soviet writer and playwright whose cult works include twenty-five plays and screenplays for three films (in collaboration with Nikolai Erdman). In 1944, Shvarts completed the satirical play ''[[The Dragon]]'', which was seen as subversive in the political climate of post-war Russia. The play tells the story of the knight Lancelot, who sets out to slay the dragon. However, in his quest, he stumbles on a community governed by a bureaucratic hierarchy using the dragon to cover their own use of power.
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A filmed version, ''To Kill a Dragon'', was produced in 1988.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into English by Max Hayward and Harold Shukman and published in ''Three Soviet plays'', Penguin, 1966.
 
Translated into English by Max Hayward and Harold Shukman and published in ''Three Soviet plays'', Penguin, 1966.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
''The Dragon'' presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in May 1986, directed by [[Noël Roos]].
 
  
''Die Draak'' produced by [[SUKOVS]] June 1975, stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]].
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''[[The Dragon]]'' presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in May 1986, directed by [[Noël Roos]].
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''[[Die Draak]]'' produced by [[SUKOVS]] June 1975, stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]].
  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Shvarts
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Shvarts
  
UTS theatre pamphlet
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[[UTS]] theatre pamphlet
  
  

Revision as of 10:18, 27 December 2015

The Dragon (Drakon) (1944) a satirical play by Yevgeny Shvarts (Evgeny Lvovich Shvarts: 1896-1958)

The original text

Shvarts was a Soviet writer and playwright whose cult works include twenty-five plays and screenplays for three films (in collaboration with Nikolai Erdman). In 1944, Shvarts completed the satirical play The Dragon, which was seen as subversive in the political climate of post-war Russia. The play tells the story of the knight Lancelot, who sets out to slay the dragon. However, in his quest, he stumbles on a community governed by a bureaucratic hierarchy using the dragon to cover their own use of power.

A filmed version, To Kill a Dragon, was produced in 1988.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Max Hayward and Harold Shukman and published in Three Soviet plays, Penguin, 1966.

Performance history in South Africa

The Dragon presented by University Theatre Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre in May 1986, directed by Noël Roos.

Die Draak produced by SUKOVS June 1975, stage manager Mavis Lilenstein.


Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Shvarts

UTS theatre pamphlet


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