La Ronde
La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler. La Ronde (German: Reigen) is a play written by Arthur Schnitzler in 1897 and first printed in 1900 for his friends. It scrutinizes the sexual morals and class ideology of its day through a series of encounters between pairs of characters (shown before or after a sexual encounter). By choosing characters across all levels of society, the play offers social commentary on how sexual contact transgresses boundaries of class. Schnitzler's play was not publicly performed until 1920, on 23 December 1920 in Berlin and 1 February 1921 in Vienna. The play elicited violent critical and popular reactions against its subject matter. The titles of the play—in German Reigen and in French La Ronde refer to a round dance, as portrayed in the English nursery rhyme Ring a Ring o' Roses. (Source: Wikipedia).
- First produced in South Africa by **.
Other productions
1987 Baxter Theatre/Chacma production directed by Mark Legward starring himself with Odette Leat, Gaye Barbour, Tim Mahoney, Kathy Clark. (Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987).
2013 Jacqui Singer with UCT students, Arena Theatre , Cape Town.
Adaptations and translations
Adapted as The Eternal Dance by Brian Astbury, at The Space (Cape Town) in 197*, with Gillian Burl, Andrea Fine, Peter Fourie, Errol Hart, Bill Jervis and Corinne Willoughby.
Translated into Afrikaans by ** and first produced by **.
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