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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'''''.  
  
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Few, beyond the original Swedish play by August Strindberg, have to date actually been done in South Africa.
  
== South African productions ==
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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].'''''
  
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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)'''.
  
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 Jacobs]], **, [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], ** Earp, 
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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]].
 
 
 
1986: Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wie Met Vuur Speel]]'' for the radio by [[S.J. Pretorius]], adapted for the stage by [[Herman Pretorius]]. Presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in September 1986, directed by [[Juanita Swanepoel]]. Decor by [[Emile Aucamp]], costomes by [[Elaine Aucamp]].
 
  
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_with_Fire
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
 
  
''World Drama'' by Allardyce Nicoll. Harrap, 1949.
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UTS theatre programme
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 20 April 2023

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

Few, beyond the original Swedish play by August 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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