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''[[Caligula]]'' is a play by Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus]. An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945. 
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''[[Caligula]]'' is a play by Albert Camus (1913-1960) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus].  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945. 
  
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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English translation by Stuart Gilbert.
 
English translation by Stuart Gilbert.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1955: First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955 with [[Stanley Coghan]] as the deranged Roman emperor.
 
1955: First performed in South Africa in English by [[Ruth Oppenheim]]’s company at the [[Windmill Theatre]] in 1955 with [[Stanley Coghan]] as the deranged Roman emperor.
  
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
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Little Theatre programme, 1955.
 
Little Theatre programme, 1955.
  

Latest revision as of 17:25, 14 September 2022

Caligula is a play by Albert Camus (1913-1960) [1].

The original text

An influential play about cruelty and the arbitary exercise of power. Written in 1938 and first performed in France in 1945.


Translations and adaptations

English translation by Stuart Gilbert.

Performance history in South Africa

1955: First performed in South Africa in English by Ruth Oppenheim’s company at the Windmill Theatre in 1955 with Stanley Coghan as the deranged Roman emperor.

1955: Produced in 1955 by Mavis Taylor for the University of Cape Town Dramatic Society at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, opening 22 June 1955. Costumes designed by Mavis Taylor, music arranged by Gunther Pulvermacher, lighting by Clifford Taylor.

1969: Johannesburg Repertory Society, Library Theatre, with Brenda Wood as Caesonia.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus

Little Theatre programme, 1955.

The Rand Daily Mail, 14 July 1969.

Tucker, 1997. 79.

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