Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe
Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe (lit: "holy Johanna of the stockyards") [1] is a play by German poet, playwright, and theatre director Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [2].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as St Joan of the Stockyards by Frank Jones.
Performance history in South Africa
1979: The Frank Jones English translation St Joan of the Stockyards was staged by the UCT Drama Department in the Baxter Theatre, directed by Mavis Taylor, with Terry Norton (Joan Dark), Neil McCarthy (Pierpont Mauler), Kiki Sevadjian (Cridle), Russel Savadier (Graham), Brian Notcutt (Meyers), Robin Sanders (Lennox), Richard Grant (Slift), Sean Taylor (Paulus Snyder), Fiona Ramsay (Martha), Henry Cameron (Jackson), Shahena Ebrahim (Mrs Luckerniddle),
Sources
Wikipedia [3]
UCT Drama Department theatre programme, 1979.
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.
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