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| − | ''Picnic on the Battlefield'' (''Pique-nique en campagne'') by Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist and poet Fernando Arrabal Terán [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal | + | ''Picnic on the Battlefield'' (''Pique-nique en campagne'') by Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist and poet Fernando Arrabal Terán [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Arrabal] (born August 11, 1932). |
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== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| + | Translated from the French by Barbara Wright' published by Calder & Boyars, 1967. | ||
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Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Piekniek te Velde]]'' and as ''[[Piekniek op die Slagveld]]''. | Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Piekniek te Velde]]'' and as ''[[Piekniek op die Slagveld]]''. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | First produced in South Africa by ** | + | First produced in South Africa by ** |
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| + | ''Picnic on the Battlefield'' done in 1976 as a lunch-hour presentation at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town), directed by [[Bill Flynn]] with [[Charles Comyn]], [[Bill Curry]], [[Joe Gibbon]], [[Dorrian McLaren]], [[John Nankin]] and [[Robin Smith]]. | ||
''Piekniek te Velde'' was presented as a lunch-hour presentation at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in 1974, directed by [[Dawie Malan]] with [[Marthinus Basson]], [[Neels Bezuidenhout]], [[Stephen Gurney]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Margot Luyt]] and [[Fitz Morley]]. | ''Piekniek te Velde'' was presented as a lunch-hour presentation at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] in 1974, directed by [[Dawie Malan]] with [[Marthinus Basson]], [[Neels Bezuidenhout]], [[Stephen Gurney]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Margot Luyt]] and [[Fitz Morley]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:01, 4 January 2016
Picnic on the Battlefield (Pique-nique en campagne) by Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist and poet Fernando Arrabal Terán [1] (born August 11, 1932).
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated from the French by Barbara Wright' published by Calder & Boyars, 1967.
Translated into Afrikaans as Piekniek te Velde and as Piekniek op die Slagveld.
Performance history in South Africa
First produced in South Africa by **
Picnic on the Battlefield done in 1976 as a lunch-hour presentation at The Space (Cape Town), directed by Bill Flynn with Charles Comyn, Bill Curry, Joe Gibbon, Dorrian McLaren, John Nankin and Robin Smith.
Piekniek te Velde was presented as a lunch-hour presentation at The Space in 1974, directed by Dawie Malan with Marthinus Basson, Neels Bezuidenhout, Stephen Gurney, Blaise Koch, Margot Luyt and Fitz Morley.
Piekniek op die Slagveld was presented by PACOFS in 1974, directed by Annelize van der Ryst, starring Christopher Consani, Roelf Laubscher, Johan Esterhuizen and Trudi du Plessis.
Sources
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
Astbury 1979.
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