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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into English by Eric Bentley as '''''The Good Woman of Setzuan''''' (1956).
  
Translated in to English by Eric Bentley as '''''The Good Woman of Setzuan''''' (1956).
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Translated into English by Ralph Manheim as '''''The Good Person of Szechwan''''' (1964).
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] for [[PACOFS]] by *** in 1974.
  
Translated in to English by Ralph Manheim as '''''The Good Person of Szechwan''''' (1964).
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 07:21, 24 May 2016

Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, [1] is a 1941 parable play by German poet, playwright, and theatre director Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [2].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Eric Bentley as The Good Woman of Setzuan (1956).

Translated into English by Ralph Manheim as The Good Person of Szechwan (1964).

Translated into Afrikaans for PACOFS by *** in 1974.


Performance history in South Africa

Produced in Afrikaans by PACOFS in October 1974 as Die Goeie Mens van Setzuan, directed by William Egan, starring, among others, Wim Vorster. Stage manager Mavis Lilenstein.

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