Zeno at 4am
Zeno at 4am is a shadow oratorio by William Kentridge and the Handspring Puppet Company.
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A precursor to the play Confessions of Zeno, it was created as a shadow oratorio which combines a range of media to depict Zeno during in the state between waking and sleeping and the dilemmas which swirl through his mind – about his wife and his mistress, whether his pleasures (smoking being one) will cause his death, his precarious business dealings and the death of his father whom he did not love enough when he was young.
Translations and adaptations
The piece was precursor to the full-scale puppet oratorio Confessions of Zeno in 2002.
Performance history in South Africa
2001: Directed by William Kentridge with Dawid Minnaar, Otto Maidi, Pumeza Matshikiza (tall), Lwazi Ncube (short). Performed in Brussels, Paris, Angoulême, Toulouse, Amiens, Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York.
Sources
https://www.handspringpuppet.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handspring_Puppet_Company
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_Conscience
https://www.handspringpuppet.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handspring_Puppet_Company
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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