Difference between revisions of "Resurrection"
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| − | by [[Richard Rive]] | + | ''[[Resurrection]]'' can refer to two plays produced in South Africa |
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| + | =''[[Resurrection]]'' by Leo Tolstoy (1905)= | ||
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1905: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.422 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | =''[[Resurrection]]'' by [[Richard Rive]] (1966)= | ||
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | A one-act play, adapted by [[Richard Rive]] () from his short story of the same name, it deals with the ambiguities of the "coloured" designation - a theme which Rive will return to in ''[[Buckingham Palace, District Six]]''. | ||
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| + | The play was first performed in April 1966 by [[Experimental Theatre]] at the [[University of Columbia]] and published in ''[[Short African Plays]]'' (Ed: [[Cosmo Pieterse]], 1968 ) by [[Heinemann]] and later again in ''[[Selected Writings]]'' (Johannesburg: [[Ad Donker]], 1976). | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with ''[[All's Well]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama in 1985 starring [[Jacquiline Dommisse]], [[Gilda Blacher]], [[Niel Lessick]]. Directed by [[Graeme Messer]], stage manager [[Mary Gill]], lighting [[Paul Abrahams]], company manager [[Morag Todd]]. | Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with ''[[All's Well]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama in 1985 starring [[Jacquiline Dommisse]], [[Gilda Blacher]], [[Niel Lessick]]. Directed by [[Graeme Messer]], stage manager [[Mary Gill]], lighting [[Paul Abrahams]], company manager [[Morag Todd]]. | ||
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Revision as of 05:21, 23 March 2021
Resurrection can refer to two plays produced in South Africa
Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy (1905)
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1905: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.422
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Resurrection by Richard Rive (1966)
The original text
A one-act play, adapted by Richard Rive () from his short story of the same name, it deals with the ambiguities of the "coloured" designation - a theme which Rive will return to in Buckingham Palace, District Six.
The play was first performed in April 1966 by Experimental Theatre at the University of Columbia and published in Short African Plays (Ed: Cosmo Pieterse, 1968 ) by Heinemann and later again in Selected Writings (Johannesburg: Ad Donker, 1976).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with All's Well at the National Arts Festival Student Drama in 1985 starring Jacquiline Dommisse, Gilda Blacher, Niel Lessick. Directed by Graeme Messer, stage manager Mary Gill, lighting Paul Abrahams, company manager Morag Todd.
Sources
National Arts Festival programme, 1985.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
