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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
1972: ''Orison'', the English translation, was staged by [[CAPAB]], directed by [[John Burch]], featuring [[Stephen Gurney]] (Fidio) and [[Lois Butlin]] (Libe). | 1972: ''Orison'', the English translation, was staged by [[CAPAB]], directed by [[John Burch]], featuring [[Stephen Gurney]] (Fidio) and [[Lois Butlin]] (Libe). | ||
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| + | 1977: Presented by the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]] directed by [[Jon Maytham]] in May 1977 as part of a triple bill of one act plays including ''[[The Dumb Waiter]]'' by Harold Pinter, directed by [[Lyrr Addison]]; ''[[Guernica]]'' by Ferdinand Arrabal, directed by [[Jamie Crawford]]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:51, 9 September 2015
Oraison is a 1958 one-act play by Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist and poet Fernando Arrabal (1932- ) [1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as Orison by Barbara Wright.
Performance history in South Africa
1972: Orison, the English translation, was staged by CAPAB, directed by John Burch, featuring Stephen Gurney (Fidio) and Lois Butlin (Libe).
1977: Presented by the Rhodes University Drama Department directed by Jon Maytham in May 1977 as part of a triple bill of one act plays including The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter, directed by Lyrr Addison; Guernica by Ferdinand Arrabal, directed by Jamie Crawford.
Sources
CAPAB theatre programme, 1972.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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