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| − | A play written in French by [[Jean Anouilh]] (French: ''Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu''). The play was first performed at the Théâtre Montparnasse Gaston Baty in Paris on 8 October 1959 and on Broadway in 1960.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Published in Paris by Table Ronde
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] from the original French by [[Bartho Smit]] entitled ''[[Becket of Die Eer van God]]'', published in ''Bartho Smit-vertalings'' No 4.
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| − | Translated into English by Lucienne Hill, published in New York by New American Library in 1960.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1963: ''Becket'' was the first play produced by the newly established [[CAPAB]] in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, opening on 6 November 1963. It was directed by [[Laurie van der Merwe]], with [[Pietro Nolte]] in the title role and [[Alec Bell]] as Henry II. Others in the large cast were [[Frank Wise]], [[Michael Drin]], [[Harold Lake]], [[Robert del Kyrke]], [[Alan Prior]], [[Gordon Rennie]] and [[Fitz Morley]]. Among the women were [[Joyce Bradley]], [[Val Donald]] and [[Susan Blake]]. Sets and costumes were by [[Eleanor Esmonde-White]]. Incidental music composed by [[Arnold van Wyk]] and recorded by the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra under his conductorship.
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| − | 1970/71: [[PACOFS]] did a workshop version of the play (using only six actors to portray the thirty five characters, among others [[William Egan]] and [[Errol Ross]]) in its [[Presidency Theatre]], directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]].
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| − | 198*: [[PACT]] did an [[Afrikaans]] version (translated by [[Bartho Smit]]) in the [[State Theatre]], featuring [[Marius Weyers]] and [[Frans Marx]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | ''Becket'' theatre programme, CAPAB 1963.
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| − | [[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research.
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