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Translated into English as '''''[[Out at Sea]]''''' by (Published in ''Six Plays by Slawomir Mrozek'' by ‎ Grove Press, 1967)
 
Translated into English as '''''[[Out at Sea]]''''' by (Published in ''Six Plays by Slawomir Mrozek'' by ‎ Grove Press, 1967)
  
(TV Movie) (teleplay) (1965) by writer and actor Slawomir Mrozek (1930–2013).
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Adapted as a TV Movie (teleplay) om 1965)
  
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Vlot ter See]]''''' ("raft on the sea") by an unnamed author, but credited to "Dept. Drama Universiteit Stellenbosch". It was intended for use by the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]].
 
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Vlot ter See]]''''' ("raft on the sea") by an unnamed author, but credited to "Dept. Drama Universiteit Stellenbosch". It was intended for use by the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]].

Revision as of 18:18, 3 October 2023

Na pełnym morzu ("On the high seas") is a Polish play in one act by Sławomir Mrożek (1930–2013)[1]

The original text

An absurdist tale of survival and democratic decision making, in which we see three men starving on a life raft, who must determine which of them is to become dinner for the other two. One is thin, one is medium, and one is fat. The men employ a hilariously logical series of civil procedures to arrive at a solution.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into German as Auf hoher See ("On the high seas") by Ludwig Zimmerer.

Translated into English as Out at Sea by (Published in Six Plays by Slawomir Mrozek by ‎ Grove Press, 1967)

Adapted as a TV Movie (teleplay) om 1965)

Translated into Afrikaans as Vlot ter See ("raft on the sea") by an unnamed author, but credited to "Dept. Drama Universiteit Stellenbosch". It was intended for use by the Stellenbosch Drama Department.

Performance history in South Africa

1979: Performed in Afrikaans as a one-act play entitled Vlot ter See by students of the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department under the auspices of the Libertas Theatre Club in August, directed by Herman Pretorius.

Sources

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0610720/?ref_=tt_ov_wr

Theatre programme, 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Mro%C5%BCek

Copy of the original typed text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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