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''[[Attentat]]'' ("Attack") is a Swiss-German a political play written by Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).
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'''''Attentat''''' is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).
 
 
Also well known under its English title of '''''[[Close Quarters]]''.'''
 
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
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Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935.
Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935.(1934)
 
 
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into English, entitled ''[[Close Quarters]]''.
  
Translated and adapted into English, entitled ''[[Close Quarters]]'' by Gilbert Lennox. This version premiered in London, June 25, 1935, at the Embassy Theatre and was released the same year in book form in a volume called ''Famous Plays of 1935'', London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. In March 1939 the play was also staged eight times at the John Golden Theater on Broadway.
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Adapted from French into [[Afrikaans]], entitled ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'', by [[Pieter Fourie]].
 
 
English adaptation was translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Pieter Fourie]], and entitled ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' ("Who is the murderer?").
 
 
 
The English adaptation was used as the source for ''Två Människor'' ("Two People"), a 1945 film by Danish director  Carl Th. Dreyer.
 
 
 
In 1958 Associated Television produced a TV version of ''[[Close Quarters]]'' for ITV , broadcast 24 April 1961.
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==  
 
 
1939: ''[[Close Quarters]]'' was presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in August, directed by [[Wensley Pithey]].  
 
1939: ''[[Close Quarters]]'' was presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in August, directed by [[Wensley Pithey]].  
  
1964: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' by [[Pieter Fourie]] and a student company during university holidays, the cast including himself and [[Ilse Eybers]](and later [[Christene Basson]]).
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196*: ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' was presented by the Pieter Fourie Toneelgeselskap in the mid-1960s starring [[Marie Pentz]], [[Pieter Fourie]] (who also directed), [[Fanie Smit]] and [[Peter Grobbelaar]].  
 
 
196? Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' was presented by the [[Pieter Fourie Genootskap]] starring [[Marie Pentz]], [[Pieter Fourie]] (who also directed), [[Fanie Smit]] and [[Peter Grobbelaar]].
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.124. (1939 production).
  
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''Wie is die Moordenaar?'' theatre programme, undated.
  
[[Nico Luwes]] 2012. ''[[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [http://etd.uovs.ac.za/ETD-db//theses/available/etd-08102012-152250/unrestricted/LuwesNJ.pdf]
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Google Books [https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Attentat.html?id=1Bn1GgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y].
 
 
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Fourie
 
 
 
 
 
[[Erica Terblanche]] in [[LitNet]] [http://www.argief.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=print_article&news_id=52264&cause_id=1270]
 
 
 
  
Egholm, Morten. 2010. “From Working Class Drama to Academic Showdown: On Carl Th. Dreyer’s Use of His Literary Source in Två Människor [Two People] (1945).” Scandinavian-Canadian Journal / Études scandinaves au Canada 19: 128–143. [http://scancan.net/egholm_1_19.htm]
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Revision as of 08:54, 25 September 2017

Attentat is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).

The original text

Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English, entitled Close Quarters.

Adapted from French into Afrikaans, entitled Wie is die Moordenaar?, by Pieter Fourie.

Performance history in South Africa

1939: Close Quarters was presented by the Little Theatre Players at the Little Theatre in August, directed by Wensley Pithey.

196*: Wie is die Moordenaar? was presented by the Pieter Fourie Toneelgeselskap in the mid-1960s starring Marie Pentz, Pieter Fourie (who also directed), Fanie Smit and Peter Grobbelaar.

Sources

Inskip, 1972. p.124. (1939 production).

Wie is die Moordenaar? theatre programme, undated.

Google Books [1].

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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