The Deputy
The Deputy is a 1963 drama by German playwright and author Rolf Hochhuth [1] (born 1931). Also known as The Representative.
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The original text
The original title is Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted for Broadway production by Jerome Rothenberg [2].
An English translation by Richard and Clara Winston of the complete text was published as The Deputy: A Play, by Grove Press in 1964.
A film version titled Amen was made by the Greek-born French filmmaker Costa-Gavras in 2002.
Performance history in South Africa
1965: Presented by the Johannesburg Repertory Players at the Alexander Theatre, directed by Albert Ninio, starring a guest star from London, Paul Whitsun-Jones and Patrick Mynhardt as Kurt Gestein.
Sources
Wikipedia [3].
Tucker, 1997. 202.
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