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| − | Produced for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] as their entry in the 1945 [[FATSSA]] Play Festival, featuring [[Frieda Mardegant]]. A second society, the [[Natal Society Play Reading Group]], produced the play at this festival. | + | 1945: Produced for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] as their entry in the 1945 [[FATSSA]] Play Festival, featuring [[Frieda Mardegant]]. A second society, the [[Natal Society Play Reading Group]], also produced the play at this festival. |
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| + | 1970: Performed by students of the [[Stellenbosch University Drama Department]] in 1970 under direction of [[Jan Engelen]] starring [[Johann van Heerden]], [[Sharon Montgomery]] and [[Theuns Meyer]]. | ||
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| + | 197* Performed in [[Afrikaans]] in 1970 directed by [[Ria Olivier]], starring [[Johan Fourie]], [[Anna-Marie Engelbrecht]], [[Carina Steyn]], [[Herman Pretorius]], and [[Christine Monaco]]. | ||
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This was the most successful production which ran in the lunch-hour slot at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town). [[Bill Tanner]] was the director and the stage manager was [[Andrea Fine]]. The cast consisted of [[Limpie Basson]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Keith Grenville]], 1974. | This was the most successful production which ran in the lunch-hour slot at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town). [[Bill Tanner]] was the director and the stage manager was [[Andrea Fine]]. The cast consisted of [[Limpie Basson]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Keith Grenville]], 1974. | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 12 February 2015
The Bear by Anton Chekhov.
Performance history in South Africa
1945: Produced for the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society by Anna Neethling-Pohl as their entry in the 1945 FATSSA Play Festival, featuring Frieda Mardegant. A second society, the Natal Society Play Reading Group, also produced the play at this festival.
1970: Performed by students of the Stellenbosch University Drama Department in 1970 under direction of Jan Engelen starring Johann van Heerden, Sharon Montgomery and Theuns Meyer.
197* Performed in Afrikaans in 1970 directed by Ria Olivier, starring Johan Fourie, Anna-Marie Engelbrecht, Carina Steyn, Herman Pretorius, and Christine Monaco.
This was the most successful production which ran in the lunch-hour slot at The Space (Cape Town). Bill Tanner was the director and the stage manager was Andrea Fine. The cast consisted of Limpie Basson, Yvonne Bryceland and Keith Grenville, 1974.
2013: Performed in tandem with The Proposal from 22 to 26 August, 1 to 12 September at the Intimate Theatre, Cape Town, by The Mechanicals, as part of their Chekhov Season, which also included The Cherry Orchard (6 to 17 August and 27 to 31 August).
Translations and adaptations
There appears to have been a translation entitled Die Beer ("The bear"), by an unnamed translator, used by the Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre for performances in October 1975, and later again in 198*. Staged as Die Beer by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre in 198*, directed by ***, with (actress?***), Anton Smith and Neels Engelbrecht.
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Buffel (literally "The buffalo", but metaphorically "the boor") by Alewyn Lee, published by Tafelberg, 1980, in Die Buffel en ander eenakters.
Sources
Bosman, 1928: pp
Trek, 10(8):23, 1945.
Astbury, 1979.
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