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==Translations and adaptations==
 
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Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Die Wonderwerk]]'', by [[Pieter-Paul Fourie]] was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Leonard Schach]] and starring [[Diane Britz]], [[Rika Sennett]] and [[Trix Pienaar]] in 1978.
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Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Die Wonderwerk]]'', by [[Pieter-Paul Fourie]]. The text has never been published.  
  
  

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A play by William Gibson.


The original text

A play about


Performance history in South Africa

1961: Produced by the Cockpit Players, opening at the Hofmeyr Theatre in January and going on a Southern African tour. Directed by Leonard Schach with Joyce Bradley, Fiona Fraser, Joan Gibson, Estelle Kohler, Reinet Maasdorp and Alan Prior. Decor was by Pamela Lewis.

1979: Performed in Afrikaans by CAPAB in the Nico Malan Theatre, opening on 17 April, directed by William Eganwith Johan Botha, Brümilda van Rensburg, Marko van der Colff, Melanie-Ann Sher, Liz Dick, Allan Dyssel, Sandra Ferreira, Johan Esterhuizen, Neels Coetzee, Trix Pienaar, Amanda Strydom, Willem de la Querra. Lighting by John T. Baker. Translation by Pieter-Paul Fourie.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Wonderwerk, by Pieter-Paul Fourie. The text has never been published.


Another Afrikaans translation, also called Die Wonderwerk, was done by Johan Mocke. The text is held by Dalro[1].

Sources

Inskip, 1977. p 123

Star 18 July 1978.

CAPAB theatre pamphlet, 1979.

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