Difference between revisions of "Der Prozess"
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| + | 19**: ''Kafka: The Trial'', an adaptation by [[Ken Leach]] from the original novel and the 1947 French play by Jean-Louis Barrault [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Barrault] and Andre Gide [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Gide] translated by Joseph and Leon Katz [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Katz]. | ||
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Revision as of 07:29, 30 September 2015
Der Prozess ("The Trial") is a novel written by German-language writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) [1]. Kafka wrote the novel from 1914 to 1915 and it was first published in 1925.
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Subject
One of Kafka's best-known works, The Trial tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader. (Wikipedia [2])
Translations and adaptations
The novel has been translated into many languages and has been adapted for the radio, stage and film many times.
Performance history in South Africa
1960: The Trial, an adaptation in English, was staged at the Little Theatre in Cape Town, directed by Fred Engelen.
19**: Kafka: The Trial, an adaptation by Ken Leach from the original novel and the 1947 French play by Jean-Louis Barrault [3] and Andre Gide [4] translated by Joseph and Leon Katz [5].
Sources
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