The Outsider

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The Outsider can refer to two works which have been produced in South Africa:

The Outsider by Dorothy Brandon

A play in three acts by Dorothy Brandon [1].

The original text

A full-length play about the charlatan Anton Ragazoff, who is posing as a doctor and treats Dr. Geerling’s beautiful daughter for a serious bone structure deficiency. First published by Samuel French, 1920, first produced in London in 1923, on Broadway by William H. Harris at the 24th Street Theatre in 1924.

Translations and adaptations

In 1924 a novelized version of the play (written under the pseudonym of "Joan Sutherland") was published by Brentano's, New York.

Filmed 3 times (1926, 1931 and 1939).

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Kwaksalwer ("The Charlatan") by Johann Buhr - much to the chagrin of C. Louis Leipoldt, who had written a play by this name in 1931.

Later translated into Afrikaans as Die Indringer ("The Intruder") by an unknown translator.

Performance history in South Africa

1939: Produced in Afrikaans as Die Kwaksalwer by André Huguenet. He had originally wanted Berdine Grunewald for the lead, but ultimately produced it with himself in the male lead and co-featuring Johan Fourie, Leon Celliers, Eric Olsen, Cor du Toit and Paula Styger. David Sanders designed the set in London while * Janse van Rensburg painted the backdrop.

1949: Produced in Afrikaans by NTO, but under a new title, Die Indringer ("The Intruder"). Directed by ** and featuring Enone van den Bergh, Georgie Linder, André Huguenet.

The Outsider by Albert Camus/Théo Trifard

An adaptation of L'Etranger, the 1942 existensialist novel by Albert Camus (1913-1960) [2], this was a multi-media stage presentation adapted and performed by Théo Trifard [3]. A collaborative work designed to bring a total theatre experience to schools, prisons and any performance space. The thoughts and memories of the imprisoned office worker Meursault is brought to lifethrough videos projected onto the wall, supporting the condemned to prisoner's words: "They can take away your freedom but not your memory."

The video part of the production was filmed in 1997, directed by Léa Jamet, with a French and an English soundrack (the latter with South African performers) and then combined with stage performance, directed by Nicky Rebelo. First performed by PK 11 Productions in French and English, opened in Réunion Island (1997), will be performed in French prisons and in the National Theatre, in Paris, then played in Johannesburg and in the Victoria Girls High School Gymnasium, at the National Arts Festival Fringe, 1998, Grahamstown, South Africa. Afterwards performed in French prisons and in the National Theatre, in Paris.

See L'Etranger


The original text

L'Etranger

Translations and adaptations

French actor Theo Trifard adapted Albert Camus's classic 1942 novel as a multimedia production.

Performance history in South Africa

The Outsider (by Camus)


Sources

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/the-outsider/author/sutherland-joan-dorothy-brandon/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104758/

Programme: Albert Camus: The Outsider, PK 11 Productions, 1998.

Review by Adrienne Sichel, Pretoria News, 15 July 1998.

Review by Laetitia Pople, Beeld, 14 July 1998.

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