Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome Ein Shakespearekommentar
Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome. Ein Shakespearekommentar (1985) [adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus], by Heiner Müller (1929-1995).****
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The original text
First performed in Bochum, East Germany, in February 1985.
Translations and adaptations
Translated from the German into English and into Afrikaans by Arnold Blumer.
A production, directed for German television by Andreas Morell, of Heiner Müller’s play was first staged at the Kammerspiele, Munich in 2003 and directed by Johan Simons with André Jung as Titus.
In 2009, Brigitte Maria Mayer, an artistic photographer and Heiner Müller’s last wife, adapted Müller’s 1985 play as a film , featuring their daughter Anna Müller as "Lavinia" and Jeanne Moreau as "Tamora".
Performance history in South Africa
1986: The first South African production was done in Afrikaans by CAPAB, opening 3 November 1986, directed by Marthinus Basson, with a cast that included David Clatworthy, Mark Hoeben, Neels Coetzee, Johan Esterhuizen, Lionel Newton, Jamie Bartlett, Edward Turner, Susan Dall, David Butler, Robert Finlayson, Leslie Fong, Marion Holm, Antoinette Kellermann, Claire Berlein, Willie Fritz, Gustav Geldenhuys, Fiona Coyne. Lighting by Pieter de Swardt. Music by Johan Cloete and Peri Lykiardopoulos.
1987: The same production presented at the National Arts Festival, July 1987.
Sources
Wikipedia [1].
Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome theatre programme, 1986.
Miguel Ramalhete Gomes. 'The Artwork on Exhibit Runs About': Brigitte Maria Mayer’s Filmic Adaptation of Heiner Müller’s Anatomie Titus Fall of Rome file:///C:/Users/satj/Downloads/_book_edcoll_9789401208567_B9789401208567-s008-preview.pdf
http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/av69206
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