Maria Stuart

Mary Stuart (German: Maria Stuart) is a play by Friedrich Schiller that depicts the last days of Mary, Queen of Scots. The play consists of five acts, each divided into several scenes. The play had its première in Weimar, Germany on 14 June 1800. The play formed the basis for Donizetti's opera Maria Stuarda (1834).

Performance history in South Africa

Mary Stuart first produced in South Africa by * Other English productions by **, PACT, (dir Francois Swart, 1987), **.

Translations and adaptations

There have to date been three Afrikaans translations of the text:

The first was by Ulrich Gerryts (produced 1941), by Wilhelm Grütter (produced 1965) and the third by Karel Schoeman (published 1973, performed 2005)

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Stuart_(play)

Maria Stuart theatre programme (KRUIK 1965).

PACT Newsletter, March 1972.

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 65.

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