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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
The play has been translated into many different languages. Translations into English, as '''''The Father''''', have been published by i.a. Peter Watts (1958), Michael Meyer (1964), Harry G. Carlson (1981), Michael Robinson (1998), Gregory Motton (2000) and Laurie Slade (2012).
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The play has been translated into many different languages. Translations into English, as '''''The Father''''', have been done by i.a. Peter Watts (1958), Michael Meyer (1964), Harry G. Carlson (1981), Michael Robinson (1998), Gregory Motton (2000) and Laurie Slade (2012).
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wilhelm Grütter]] as '''''Die Vader'''''.  
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wilhelm Grütter]] as '''''Die Vader'''''.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 07:43, 5 October 2015

Fadren ("The Father") is a naturalistic tragedy by Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912) [1], written in 1887.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

The play has been translated into many different languages. Translations into English, as The Father, have been done by i.a. Peter Watts (1958), Michael Meyer (1964), Harry G. Carlson (1981), Michael Robinson (1998), Gregory Motton (2000) and Laurie Slade (2012).

Translated into Afrikaans by Wilhelm Grütter as Die Vader.

Performance history in South Africa

1969: Die Vader, the Grütter Afrikaans translation was staged by CAPAB, opening in the Hofmeyr Theatre on 8 April, directed by Mavis Taylor. The cast included Pieter Geldenhuys, Hermien Dommisse, Wena Naudé, Annelisa Weiland, Ernst Eloff, Jannie Gildenhuys, Johan Malherbe, Pieter Joubert. Stage manager Mavis Lilenstein. Décor and costumes by Stephen Andrews.




Produced in English by CAPAB in association with PACOFS in 1969, with Joe Stewardson, Joyce Bradley, Helen Braithwaite and Gillian Garlick.

Produced by PACOFS in 1969, directed by Roy Sargeant, starring Joe Stewardson and Gillian Garlick.

1969:


From 24 September to 5 October 2013 the Wits School of Arts / WitsMusic and Wits Theatre produced a student version, directed by Makhaola Ndebele.



Sources

Teater SA, 1(4), 1969

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.


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