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| − | ''[[The Bear]]'' is a one-act play by Anton Chekhov.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | There appears to have been an [[Afrikaans]] translation by an unnamed translator entitled ''[[Die Beer]]'' ("The bear"), used by the students and staff of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] Drama Department ([[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]) in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] for performances in October 1975, and later again in 198*. [[NELM]] has press clippngs and other material of a production of ''[[Die Beer]]'' by the [[Grahamstown Amateur Dramatic Society]], date not stated.
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Buffel]]'' (literally "The buffalo", but metaphorically "the boor or brute") by [[Alewyn Lee]], published by [[Tafelberg]], 1980, in the collection ''[[Die Buffel en ander eenakters]]'' and in 1992 in the collection ''[[Skouspel]]'' (also by [[Tafelberg]]).
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1945: Produced for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] as their entry in the 1945 [[FATSSA]] Play Festival, featuring [[Frieda Mardegant]]. A second society, the [[Natal Society Play Reading Group]], also produced the play at this festival.
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| − | 1970: Performed by students of the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] in 1970 under direction of [[Jan Engelen]] starring [[Johann van Heerden]], [[Sharon Montgomery]] and [[Theuns Meyer]].
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| − | 1974: Performed in English in the lunch-hour slot at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town). [[Bill Tanner]] was the director and the stage manager was [[Andrea Fine]]. The cast consisted of [[Limpie Basson]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Keith Grenville]].
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| − | 1975: ''Die Beer'' performed in [[Afrikaans]] directed by [[Ria Olivier]], starring [[Johan Fourie]], [[Anna-Marie Engelbrecht]], [[Carina Steyn]], [[Herman Pretorius]], and [[Christine Monaco]] in October.
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| − | 1978: ''The Bear'' was presented by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], directed by [[Claerwen Howie]] in a double bill with ''[[Something Unspoken]]''.
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| − | 198*: Staged in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Beer]]'' by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by ***, with (actress?***), [[Anton Smith]] and [[Neels Engelbrecht]].
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| − | 2013: Performed in English, in tandem with ''[[The Proposal]]'', from 22 to 26 August, 1 to 12 September at the [[Intimate Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[The Mechanicals]], as part of their Chekhov Season, which also included ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' (6 to 17 August and 27 to 31 August).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp
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| − | ''[[Trek]]'', 10(8):23, 1945.
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| − | [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]], 1979.
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