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by Pavel Kohout.
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Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet Pavel Kohout's (born 1928) most notable play, based on the short story ''Thought'' by Leonid Andreyev.  
  
Pavel Kohout's most notable play and is based on the short story "Thought" by Leonid Andreyev.  
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== The original text ==
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The English version opened on Broadway in Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1976.
  
The English version opened on Broadway in Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1976.  Performed in English for [[CAPAB]] in 1981. (Source:  [[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 103).
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==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''Arme Moordenaar'' by [[Merwe Scholtz]].  
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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''Arme Moordenaar'' first produced by [[CAPAB]] March 1974, stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]].
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Arme Moordenaar]]'' and first produced by [[CAPAB]] in 1986, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]].
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Performed in English for [[CAPAB]] in 1981.
  
Mavis Lilenstein for her stage management for the KRUIK production of Arme moordenaar by Pavel Kohout translated by Merwe Scholtz, March 1974; Pavel Kohout (born July 20, 1928, Prague) is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. His most notable play is the drama Poor Murderer, that opened on Broadway in Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1976. It is based on the short story "Thought" by Leonid Andreyev.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kohout
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''Arme Moordenaar'' directed for [[KRUIK]] by [[Pieter Fourie]], 1986.
  
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== Sources ==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Kohout
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[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 103
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[[NELM]]: LILENSTEIN, Mavis. October 2006. (AN: MANU-101045)
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Revision as of 15:49, 10 September 2014

Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet Pavel Kohout's (born 1928) most notable play, based on the short story Thought by Leonid Andreyev.

The original text

The English version opened on Broadway in Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1976.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Arme Moordenaar by Merwe Scholtz.

Performance history in South Africa

Arme Moordenaar first produced by CAPAB March 1974, stage manager Mavis Lilenstein.

Performed in English for CAPAB in 1981.

Arme Moordenaar directed for KRUIK by Pieter Fourie, 1986.


Sources

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

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 103

NELM: LILENSTEIN, Mavis. October 2006. (AN: MANU-101045)


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