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| − | ''Our Town/Ons Dorp'' is an adaptation by [[Robert Mohr]] in a bilingual version (English and [[Afrikaans]]) of ''[[Our Town]]'' (1938) by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder] (1897-1975).
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Wilder met Mohr in New England and personally allowed him to set ''[[Our Town]]'' in a Boland setting and adapt the text for a South African audience. The play deals with the values and longings of the human heart and spirit.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1959: Mohr produced the adapted play in 1959 for the University of Stellenbosch's Arena '59. The cast: [[André Walters]], [[Emile Aucamp]], [[Roelf Laubscher]], [[Esther van Ryswyk]], [[Marie Smit]], [[Ian Ferguson]], [[Melanie Erasmus]], [[Marcel Frank]], [[Elma Marais]], [[Johan de Plessis]], [[Albert Coetser]], [[Wenda Oosthuizen]], [[Isabel Combrink]], [[Jennifer Alt]], [[Johan Conradie]], [[Charlotte Pretorius]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Irma Braasch]], [[Elsabé Bonthuys]], [[Damaris Loubser]].
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| − | 1976: A [[PACOFS]] production was directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], starring [[Pierre Knoesen]], [[Margi Lewis]] and others.
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| − | 1985: A production for the Standard Bank National Schools' Festival, Grahamstown was directed by [[Trevor Hicks]].
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| − | 1988: It was presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in May 1988 as a tribute to Mohr after his death (in 1984), directed by [[Esther van Ryswyk]], starring [[Limpie Basson]], [[Marie de Kock]] and [[Emile Aucamp]] who were all involved in the 1959 production. Other cast members were [[Noël Roos]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Marchand de Kok]], etc.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Arena '59 theatre programme 1959.
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| − | UTS Theatre programme, 1988.
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| − | PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
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