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by [[Richard Rive]]. A one-act play, adapted by himself from his short story of the same name. First performed in April 1966 by [[Experimental Theatre]] at the [[University of Columbia]], it deals with the ambiguities of the ‘coloured’ designation - a theme which Rive will return to in ''[[Buckingham Palace, District Six]]''. First published in 1968 in ''[[Short African Plays]]'' (Ed: [[Cosmo Pieterse]]) by [[Heinemann]] and later in ''[[Selected Writings]]'' (Johannesburg: [[Ad Donker]], 1976) ** (See Gosher, 1988)
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''[[Resurrection]]'' can refer to two plays produced in South Africa
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=''[[Resurrection]]'' by Leo Tolstoy (1905)=
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==The original text==
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1905: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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== Sources ==
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.422
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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=''[[Resurrection]]'' by [[Richard Rive]] (1966)=
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==The original text==
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A one-act play, adapted by [[Richard Rive]] () from his short story of the same name, it deals with the ambiguities of the "coloured" designation - a theme which Rive will return to in ''[[Buckingham Palace, District Six]]''.
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The play was first performed in April 1966 by [[Experimental Theatre]] at the [[University of Columbia]] and published in ''[[Short African Plays]]'' (Ed: [[Cosmo Pieterse]], 1968 ) by [[Heinemann]] and later again in ''[[Selected Writings]]'' (Johannesburg: [[Ad Donker]], 1976).
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with ''[[All's Well]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama in 1985 starring [[Jacquiline Dommisse]], [[Gilda Blacher]], [[Niel Lessick]]. Directed by [[Graeme Messer]], stage manager [[Mary Gill]], lighting [[Paul Abrahams]], company manager [[Morag Todd]].
 
Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with ''[[All's Well]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama in 1985 starring [[Jacquiline Dommisse]], [[Gilda Blacher]], [[Niel Lessick]]. Directed by [[Graeme Messer]], stage manager [[Mary Gill]], lighting [[Paul Abrahams]], company manager [[Morag Todd]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
National Arts Festival programme, 1985.
 
  
  
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[[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1985.
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Revision as of 05:21, 23 March 2021

Resurrection can refer to two plays produced in South Africa


Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy (1905)

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1905: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.422

Go to ESAT Bibliography


Resurrection by Richard Rive (1966)

The original text

A one-act play, adapted by Richard Rive () from his short story of the same name, it deals with the ambiguities of the "coloured" designation - a theme which Rive will return to in Buckingham Palace, District Six.

The play was first performed in April 1966 by Experimental Theatre at the University of Columbia and published in Short African Plays (Ed: Cosmo Pieterse, 1968 ) by Heinemann and later again in Selected Writings (Johannesburg: Ad Donker, 1976).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand as part of a double bill with All's Well at the National Arts Festival Student Drama in 1985 starring Jacquiline Dommisse, Gilda Blacher, Niel Lessick. Directed by Graeme Messer, stage manager Mary Gill, lighting Paul Abrahams, company manager Morag Todd.

Sources

National Arts Festival programme, 1985.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page