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Revision as of 07:28, 24 November 2014
("The American Popess"). A 1982 German one-woman play by Argentinian-German playwright Esther Vilar. Publisher Lauke, 1992.
Original title: (German) Die Antrittsrede der Amerikanischen Päpstin or (Spanish) El discurso inaugural de la papisa americana or (English)The Inaugural Address of the American Popess.
Performance history in South Africa
Staged in Afrikaans, translated by Linda van den Bergh as Pous Johanna II, presented by CAPAB, directed by Mario Schiess, performed at the Nico Malan Theatre in June 1985. Jana Cilliers in the role of Pope Joan II.
Staged in English as The American Popess in the Wits Theatre Complex in March 2001, directed by Mark Graham, with Jana Cilliers (as Pope Joan II) and Galeboe Moabi. The same production was subsequently performed in various venues across South Africa.
Staged as Pous Johanna in a new Afrikaans translation by Saartjie Botha at the KKNK 2004, with Jana Cilliers, directed by Mark Graham.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans in 1985 as Pous Johanna II by Linda van den Bergh.
Translated into Afrikaans in 2004 as Pous Johanna by Saartjie Botha.
Sources
Pous Johanna II theatre programme, 1985.
The Citizen, 12 March 2001.
Sunday Independent, 18 March 2001.
Business Day, 23 March 2001.
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