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| − | ''[[Apareceu a Margarida]]'' is a satirical Brazilian play by Roberto Athayde (born 1949) [https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Athayde].
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Written in Portuguese as ''[[Apareceu a Margarida]]'' in 1973, it is a play set in what looks like a school classroom and is a searing drama that looks deeply into the heart of power. The play's cast typically consists of only two people: Miss Margarida, a school teacher, and a male student. This "student" often sits among the audience members, whom the "teacher" addresses and treats as if they were real school children.
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| − | The Portuguese play was banned, then censored in Brazil (the playwright's homeland).
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated onto English as '''''[[Miss Margarida's Way]]''''' by the author and was first performed in the United States at the American Contemporary Theatre in San Francisco on 4 March 1975 and became sensation in New York, when played by Estelle Parsons under the author's direction in 1977/8. Published by Avon Books in 1979.
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| − | The play was translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wim Vorster]], title unknown.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | THe English text performed as a Baxter Theatre production in 1981, directed by [[Robin Sanders]], with [[Michelle du Toit]] as Miss Margarida and [[André Samuels]] as one of her students. Opened at the [[People's Space]] on 26 February 1981. Designer [[Jenny Gillis]], stage manager [[Kathy Batho]]
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://playbill.com/production/miss-margaridas-way-ambassador-theatre-vault-0000000995
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Margarida%27s_Way
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| − | ''[[Miss Magrida's Way. A Tragicomic Monologue for an Impetuous Woman]]'', [[Google Books]] [http://books.google.co.za/books?id=ysgtAAAAYAAJ&q=Miss+Margarida%27s+Way&dq=Miss+Margarida%27s+Way&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xbaAVJfKHoav7AbXqID4AQ&ved=0CBsQ6AewAA]
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| − | ''Miss Margarida's Way'' theatre programme, 1981.
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| − | Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
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