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'''''Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe''''' (lit: "holy Johanna of the stockyards") [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joan_of_the_Stockyards] is a play by German poet, playwright, and theatre director Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht].  
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'''''Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe''''' (lit: "holy Johanna of the stockyards") [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joan_of_the_Stockyards] is a play by German poet, playwright, and theatre director Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertolt_Brecht]. Written 1929-31, it was first performed in 1959, in the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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The play is based on the 1929 musical ''[[Happy End]]'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_End_%28musical%29] co-authored by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Hauptmann]
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into English as '''''St Joan of the Stockyards''''' by Ralph Manheim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Manheim].
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Translated into English as '''''St Joan of the Stockyards''''' by Frank Jones.
 
Translated into English as '''''St Joan of the Stockyards''''' by Frank Jones.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1979: The Frank Jones English translation ''St Joan of the Stockyards'' was staged by the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama Department]] in the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], with [[Terry Norton]] (Joan Dark), [[Neil McCarthy]] (Pierpont Mauler), [[Kiki Sevadjian]] (Cridle), [[Russel Savadier]] (Graham), [[Brian Notcutt]] (Meyers), [[Robin Sanders]] (Lennox), [[Richard Grant]] (Slift), [[Sean Taylor]] (Paulus Snyder), [[Fiona Ramsay]] (Martha), [[Henry Cameron]] (Jackson), [[Shahena Ebrahim]] (Mrs Luckerniddle), [[Fred Abrahamse|Frederick Abrahamse]] (Gloomb), [[Ian Edelstein]] (Mulberry), [[Gaby Lomberg]] (Conductor of Black Straw Hats), and others.
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1979: The Frank Jones English translation ''St Joan of the Stockyards'' was staged by the [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama Department]] in the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Mavis Taylor]], with [[Terry Norton]] (Joan Dark), [[Neil McCarthy]] (Pierpont Mauler), [[Kiki Sevadjian]] (Cridle), [[Russel Savadier]] (Graham), [[Brian Notcutt]] (Meyers), [[Robin Sanders]] (Lennox), [[Richard Grant]] (Slift), [[Sean Taylor]] (Paulus Snyder), [[Fiona Ramsay]] (Martha), [[Henry Cameron]] (Jackson), [[Shahena Ebrahim]] (Mrs Luckerniddle), [[Fred Abrahamse|Frederick Abrahamse]] (Gloomb), [[Ian Edelstein]] (Mulberry), [[Gaby Lomberg]] (Conductor of Black Straw Hats), and others. Musical direction by [[Joseph Ribeiro|Joe Ribeiro]], sets by [[Maciek Miszewski]] and costumes by [[John Caviggia]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joan_of_the_Stockyards]
 
''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joan_of_the_Stockyards]
  
[[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama Department]] theatre programme, 1979.
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[[University of Cape Town Drama Department|UCT Drama Department]] theatre programme, 1979, donated by [[Tony Fletcher]], held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 9.
  
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Bar-Bas|Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne]] 1988.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 14:02, 11 February 2019

Die Heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe (lit: "holy Johanna of the stockyards") [1] is a play by German poet, playwright, and theatre director Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) [2]. Written 1929-31, it was first performed in 1959, in the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg.

The original text

The play is based on the 1929 musical Happy End [3] co-authored by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann [4]

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as St Joan of the Stockyards by Ralph Manheim [5].

Translated into English as St Joan of the Stockyards by Frank Jones.

Performance history in South Africa

1979: The Frank Jones English translation St Joan of the Stockyards was staged by the UCT Drama Department in the Baxter Theatre, directed by Mavis Taylor, with Terry Norton (Joan Dark), Neil McCarthy (Pierpont Mauler), Kiki Sevadjian (Cridle), Russel Savadier (Graham), Brian Notcutt (Meyers), Robin Sanders (Lennox), Richard Grant (Slift), Sean Taylor (Paulus Snyder), Fiona Ramsay (Martha), Henry Cameron (Jackson), Shahena Ebrahim (Mrs Luckerniddle), Frederick Abrahamse (Gloomb), Ian Edelstein (Mulberry), Gaby Lomberg (Conductor of Black Straw Hats), and others. Musical direction by Joe Ribeiro, sets by Maciek Miszewski and costumes by John Caviggia.

Sources

Wikipedia [6]

UCT Drama Department theatre programme, 1979, donated by Tony Fletcher, held by NELM: [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 9.

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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