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''[[Palach]]'' is a 1970 play by Alan Burns (1929–2013)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Burns_(author)] and [[Charles Marowitz]](1934-2014)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marowitz].
  
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== The original text ==
  
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A play about about the suicide by self-immolation of the student Jan Palach (1948–1969)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Palach], as a political protest against the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies.
  
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The play was first produced in London at the Open Space Theatre, 11 November 1970.
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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197?: Performed by [[University of Cape Town Drama Department|U.C.T. Drama School]] students at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town), directed by [[Dorrian McLaren]].
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== Sources ==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marowitz
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Palach
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http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/maddendw/alan%20burns%20dlb.pdf
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[[Brian Astbury]]. 1979. ''The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo''. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
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Latest revision as of 05:31, 7 March 2017

Palach is a 1970 play by Alan Burns (1929–2013)[1] and Charles Marowitz(1934-2014)[2].

The original text

A play about about the suicide by self-immolation of the student Jan Palach (1948–1969)[3], as a political protest against the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies.

The play was first produced in London at the Open Space Theatre, 11 November 1970.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

197?: Performed by U.C.T. Drama School students at The Space (Cape Town), directed by Dorrian McLaren.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marowitz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Palach

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/m/maddendw/alan%20burns%20dlb.pdf

Brian Astbury. 1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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