Ubu Roi
Ubu Roi (Ubu the King or King Ubu) is a play by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873-1907). It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l’Œuvre, causing a riotous response in the audience as it opened and closed on December 10, 1896.
Performance history in South Africa
August 1967, Little Theatre, directed by Peter Kleinschmidt, stage manager Mavis Lilenstein.
Presented by CAPAB Drama in 1987 at the Nico Malan Arena, directed and designed by Christopher Weare, assisted by Diane Wilson. Lighting by Malcolm Hurrell. Members of the cast were David Dennis, Marion Holm, Mark Graham, Claire Berlein, Antoinette Butler, Fiona Coyne, Susan Dall, Vinette Ebrahim or Leslie Rochat, Willie Fritz, Mark Hoeben, André Roothman, Itumeleng Wa Lehulere.
Translations and adaptations
Presented in Afrikaans (Koning Oeboe) by the Potchefstroom University at the National Arts Festival Student Drama in 1983. It was directed by Leon Cloete, with Christine Hoffman as stage manager. The cast: Hannes Muller, Janine Pretorius, Dion Maas, Pieter Labuschagne, Linda van Vuuren, Karen Meiring, Henry van der Hoven, Erika Willemse, De Waal Nel.
Dieter Reible directed Koning Ubu (as translated by Leon Cloete) for PACT at the Momentum Theatre Pretoria and the Adcock-Ingram theatre, Windybrow, Johannesburg, 1991, with Antoinette Kellermann as Ma Ubu, Hannes Muller as Pa Ubu, also starring Patrick Ndlovu, Bill Curry, Nomsa Nene, Gustav Geldenhuys in various roles. Design and lighting by James MacNamara.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubu_Roi
National Arts Festival programme, 1983.
Ubu Roi theatre programme, 1987.
Koning Ubu theatre programme, 1991
PACT Info, (2), 1992.
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