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| − | ''The Dragon'' (''Drakon'') (1944) a satirical play by Yvgeny Schwartz (Evgeny Luovich Schwartz: 1896-1958)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Schwartz]
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| − | Schwartz 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, Schwartz completed the satirical play ''[[Drakon]]'', 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.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Dragon]]'' by Max Hayward and Harold Shukman and published in ''Three Soviet plays'', Penguin, 1966.
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Draak]]'' ("The Dragon") in 1975.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1975: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Draak]]'' by [[SUKOVS]] June 1975, stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]].
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| − | 1986: Performed in English as ''[[The Dragon]]'' by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in May 1986, directed by [[Noël Roos]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Shvarts
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| − | [[UTS]] theatre pamphlet
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