Difference between revisions of "Dimetos"
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Deeply metaphoric and not always well understood play, ''Dimetos'' is set in Greece. It utilizes what Fugard has called a "personal myth" inspired by a short entry in the notebooks of Albert Camus, to look at notions of creativity, duty and the destructive forces of human passion. | Deeply metaphoric and not always well understood play, ''Dimetos'' is set in Greece. It utilizes what Fugard has called a "personal myth" inspired by a short entry in the notebooks of Albert Camus, to look at notions of creativity, duty and the destructive forces of human passion. | ||
| − | Originally commissioned for the 1975 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival Edinburgh Festival], where it officially opened on 27 August 1975. | + | Originally commissioned for the 1975 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival Edinburgh Festival], where it officially opened in the Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh on 27 August 1975. |
First published in ''Dimetos, and, Two early plays'' by Athol Fugard. Oxford University Press, 1977. | First published in ''Dimetos, and, Two early plays'' by Athol Fugard. Oxford University Press, 1977. | ||
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== International productions == | == International productions == | ||
| − | 1976: | + | 1976: Performed in London in 1976, directed by Fugard, with Paul Scofield as Dimetos. |
2002: Presented by the Berkshire Theater Festival at The Unicorn Theater, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, directed by Peter Wallace with Eric Hill , Tara Franklin , Anne O'Sullivan and Jeremy Davidson. | 2002: Presented by the Berkshire Theater Festival at The Unicorn Theater, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, directed by Peter Wallace with Eric Hill , Tara Franklin , Anne O'Sullivan and Jeremy Davidson. | ||
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A play by Athol Fugard.
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Deeply metaphoric and not always well understood play, Dimetos is set in Greece. It utilizes what Fugard has called a "personal myth" inspired by a short entry in the notebooks of Albert Camus, to look at notions of creativity, duty and the destructive forces of human passion.
Originally commissioned for the 1975 Edinburgh Festival, where it officially opened in the Church Hill Theatre in Edinburgh on 27 August 1975.
First published in Dimetos, and, Two early plays by Athol Fugard. Oxford University Press, 1977.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1975: The first production directed and designed by Fugard, with Carel Trichardt (Dimetos, an engineer), Vanessa Cooke (Lydia, his niece), Yvonne Bryceland (Sophia, their housekeeper) and Wilson Dunster (Danilo, a young man from the city). Lighting and stage management by Dimitri Nicolas-Fanourakis. The production first ran at The Space (Cape Town) during final rehearsals, while Fugard still changed, wrote and re-wrote much of it. The official opening was at the Edinburgh Festival in 1975.
, after which it rerurned to play at **
1981: Presented by Minotaurus at the People's Space directed by Dieter Reible, staged by Raimond Schoop, opening 21 December 1981 starring Marius Weyers(Dimetos), Trix Pienaar (Sophia), Mitzi Booysen (Lydia) and Blaise Koch (Danilo).
1982: A Market Theatre production of Dimetos directed by Dieter Reible opened 19 April 1982 Upstairs at the Market. (Same production?)
International productions
1976: Performed in London in 1976, directed by Fugard, with Paul Scofield as Dimetos.
2002: Presented by the Berkshire Theater Festival at The Unicorn Theater, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, directed by Peter Wallace with Eric Hill , Tara Franklin , Anne O'Sullivan and Jeremy Davidson.
2009: Performed at the Donmar Warehouse, London, with Jonathan Pryce and Holliday Grainger in the lead.
Sources
Dimetos theatre programmes 1975 and 1981
Newspaper reviews of the Church Hill Theatre/ Edinburgh Festival production of Dimetos - 1975 (NELM)
Review: Variety, June 18, 2002[1]
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/mar/26/dimetos-donmar-warehouse-london
http://www.iainfisher.com/fugard/athol-fugard-plays-exile.html
http://www.keithsagar.co.uk/downloads/dimetos.doc
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