Volpone
Volpone; or The Fox by Ben Jonson. Written 1606.
Performance history in South Africa
- First performed in South Africa in 18/19*.
Performed by NTO in 1952 (an adaptation by Stefan Zweig), as part of the Van Riebeeck Festival and directed by Leonard Schach with Pieter Geldenhuys, Gerrit Wessels, Vivienne Drummond as Canina, Edna Jacobson, Frank Wise, Michael Perry, Alan Chadwick, Vivienne Drummond, Glyn Jones, Ted Darroll and Siegfried Mynhardt. Costumes designed by Frank Graves. The production visited Rhodesia in 1953 together with Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, produced by Leonard Schach with the same company.
Volpone directed by Roy Sargeant with the UCT Dramatic Society in 1966 or 1967.
Translations and adaptations
Phiri is a celebrated South African version of the English play, adapted and directed by Barney Simon for the Phoenix Players in 1972.
Translated into Afrikaans by ** as **??
Translated into Dutch by Hugo Claus, titled De Vossejacht. Published by Bezige Bij, 1972.
Sources
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 59.
Lantern, 9:294-298. 1952.
Performing Arts. HSRC, 1972.
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