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''Leka med elden'' (1892) (''Playing with Fire'') by Swedish playwright August Strindberg (1849-1912) about an artist's wife who nearly goes off with his best friend.
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There have been a surprising number of literary, dramatic and filmic works called ''Playing with Fire''.  
  
==Translations and adaptations==
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Few, beyond the original play by Strindberg, have to date actually been done in South Africa.  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wie Met Vuur Speel]]'' for the radio by [[S.J. Pretorius]], adapted for the stage by [[Herman Pretorius]].  
 
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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'''''For a listing of and information on these works, see the entry on ''[[Playing with Fire]]'' in [[Wikipedia]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_with_Fire].'''''
1967/8? A production of the English text was done by the Drama Department of the University of the Orange Free State, directed by [[Marlene Kotzen]] with [[Schalk Jacobsz]], [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], [[Hudson Earp]], 
 
  
1983: A production of the English text was done by the [[Baxter Theatre]] in association with [[Minotaurus]],  directed by [[Dieter Reible]], starring [[Chris van Niekerk]], [[Mitzi Booysen]], [[Michael Drin]], [[Megan Kruskal]], [[Marthinus Basson]]. The first performance in the Baxter Studio was on 13 April 1983.
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'''For August Strindberg's one act play - known in English as ''[[Playing with Fire]]'', see the entry in [[ESAT]] for ''[[Leka med elden]]'' (the Swedish title)'''.
 
 
1986: ''[[Wie Met Vuur Speel]]'' was presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in September 1986, directed by [[Juanita Swanepoel]]. Decor by [[Emile Aucamp]], costumes by [[Elaine Aucamp]].
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
 
  
''Playing with Fire'' theatre programme, 1983.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_with_Fire
  
''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
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UTS theatre programme
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Revision as of 08:39, 25 June 2019

There have been a surprising number of literary, dramatic and filmic works called Playing with Fire.

Few, beyond the original play by Strindberg, have to date actually been done in South Africa.

For a listing of and information on these works, see the entry on Playing with Fire in Wikipedia[1].

For August Strindberg's one act play - known in English as Playing with Fire, see the entry in ESAT for Leka med elden (the Swedish title).

Sources

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

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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