Battle of the Black and the Dogs

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Battle of the Black and the Dogs (Combat de nègre et de chiens) is a play by Bernard-Marie Koltès.

The original text

Publiée aux Éditions Stock en 1979 (reprise par le théâtre des Nanterre-Amandiers en 1983), cette pièce a été créée en 1982, au théâtre de La Mama de New York, dans une mise en scène de Françoise Kourilsky, puis, en France, en 1983 au théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, dans une mise en scène de Patrice Chéreau, avec Michel Piccoli et Philippe Léotard.

Carnets de Combat de nègre et de chiens

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Mitzi Booysen.

Performance history in South Africa

1993: Performed starring David Clatworthy, who was nominated for a DALRO award in as best supporting actor on the English stage for the production.

1996: Staged by CAPAB at the Nico Arena opening 9 November 1996, directed by Mark Fleishman starring Louis van Niekerk, Jacqui Singer, Chris Vorster and Akin Omotoso.

Sources

Theatre programme.

Amazwi Literary Awards database.

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