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Einen Jux will er sich machen is an Austrian play by Johann Nestroy (1801–1862)[1].
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Nestroy's play was based on John Oxenford's 1835 one-act English farce A Day Well Spent, which he extended into a full-length piece, now entitled Einen Jux will er sich machenin 1842. Nestroy's play was in its turn adapted and translated back into English on at least three memorable occasions.
Translations and adaptations
The Merchant of Yonkers a farce by Thornton Wilder (1938)
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Thornton Wilder ()[] adapted Nestroy's version into an Americanized comedy entitled The Merchant of Yonkers, which revolves around Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy Yonkers, New York businessman, who is in the market for a wife.
The play premiered on Broadway in 1938.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
This is much more than a mere translation, it is new play that focusses on Holly Golightly.
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Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
On the Razzle by Tom Stoppard (1981)
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On the Razzle opened on September 18, 1981 at the Royal National Theatre in London, with Felicity Kendal switching genders to star as Christopher.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1983: Presented by CAPAB opening at the Nico Malan Theatre 11 March 1983, directed by Ken Leach, starring Pierre Knoesen, Russel Savadier, Greg Latter, Shirley Johnston, Antoinette Kellermann, Keith Grenville, Diane Wilson, Jennie Reznek, Jennifer Ferguson, André Roothman, Gordon van Rooyen, Marlene Winberg, Roger Dwyer, Dawid Minnaar, Libby Daniels, Terry Greyvenstein, David Charles, John Dennison, Lynita Crofford, Marié Human. Costumes by Dicky Longhurst, decor by Peter Cazalet, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell. Stage Manager Lorraine Bellamy.
1983: Presented by NAPAC at the Alhambra Theatre Durban, directed by English director Peter Dews [2] (1929-1997), from 22 August 1983. This production was also taken to Pietermaritzburg.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einen_Jux_will_er_sich_machen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Nestroy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Yonkers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Razzle_(play)
On the Razzle theatre programme, 1983.
Theatre programme (NAPAC0 held by [[NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 24. 2.
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