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== ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank]]'' by [[Uys Krige]] ([[Afrikaans]]) == | == ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank]]'' by [[Uys Krige]] ([[Afrikaans]]) == | ||
| − | Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank|Dokter teen-wil-en-dank]]'' by [[Uys Krige]] in 1966, to mark the play's tricentenary | + | Translated and adapted into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Dokter teen Wil en Dank|Dokter teen-wil-en-dank]]'' by [[Uys Krige]] in 1966, to mark the play's tricentenary. |
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=== Performance history in South Africa === | === Performance history in South Africa === | ||
| − | + | 1966: The [[Afrikaans]] translation was first produced by [[PACT]] in 1966. Krige's translation was published by [[J.L. van Schaik]] in 1971 and was awarded the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns|Akademieprys]] for translated work in 1972. | |
| − | Directed for [[CAPAB]] in 1970 by [[Brian Astbury]], with [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] and [[Pieter Joubert]]. | + | 1970: Directed for [[CAPAB]] in 1970 by [[Brian Astbury]], with [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] and [[Pieter Joubert]]. |
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("The Doctor in spite of Himself"), written in 1666 by Molière.
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Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English by Henry Fielding as The Mock Doctor, into a Dutch version entitled De Bespotlyke Docter and into Afrikaans as Dokter teen Wil en Dank by Uys Krige
The Mock Doctor by Henry Fielding (English)
Adapted into English by Henry Fielding The Mock Doctor, or The Dumb Lady Cur'd. First produced on 23 June 1732 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Often referred to simply as The Mock Doctor
Performance history in South Africa
1809: Performed by the Officers of the Garrison on Saturday 29 April, 1809 in the African Theatre, along with Katherine and Petruchio (Shakespeare). (The titles are given in free Dutch translation as De Bespotlyke Docter and Katharina en Petruchio in the newspaper quoted by F.C.L. Bosman)
1823: The English Theatricals company did the play in the African Theatre Cape Town on 15 November 1823 , as afterpiece to Rob Roy Macgregor, or Auld Lang Syne (Pocock).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mock_Doctor
Bosman, 1928: 78, 197,
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Dokter teen Wil en Dank by Uys Krige (Afrikaans)
Translated and adapted into Afrikaans as Dokter teen-wil-en-dank by Uys Krige in 1966, to mark the play's tricentenary.
Performance history in South Africa
1966: The Afrikaans translation was first produced by PACT in 1966. Krige's translation was published by J.L. van Schaik in 1971 and was awarded the Akademieprys for translated work in 1972.
1970: Directed for CAPAB in 1970 by Brian Astbury, with Jannie Gildenhuys and Pieter Joubert.
Sources
Bosman, 1928: 197,
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
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