Difference between revisions of "The Playboy of the Western World"
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | |||
| − | For performances of the [[Afrikaans]] version by Brink, '''see ''[[Bobaas van die Boendoe]]''''' | + | Substantially adapted into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Bobaas van die Boendoe]]'' ("Top-Dog of the Bundu"), and localized to the Western Cape, by [[André P. Brink]]. Published by [[Human & Rousseau]] (1973). (For performances of the [[Afrikaans]] version by Brink, '''see ''[[Bobaas van die Boendoe]]''''') |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 17:00, 12 May 2015
The Playboy of the Western World (1907) [1], is a three-act play written by Irish playwright J.M. Synge. First performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907.
Translations and adaptations
Substantially adapted into Afrikaans as Bobaas van die Boendoe ("Top-Dog of the Bundu"), and localized to the Western Cape, by André P. Brink. Published by Human & Rousseau (1973). (For performances of the Afrikaans version by Brink, see Bobaas van die Boendoe)
Performance history in South Africa
1963: Presented by PACT in the Civic Theatre, Johannesburg and the National Theatre, Pretoria. Directed by Victor Melleney, settings by Cazik Dubinski, costumes by Gladys Haupt. The cast included James White, Arthur Hall, Siegfried Mynhardt, Fiona Fraser, Patrick Mynhardt, Paddy Canavan, Richard Daneel and others.
1976: Staged by CAPAB, directed by David Crichton, with Lois Butlin, Nicholas Ellenbogen, Philip Godawa and Peter Krummeck in the cast.
Sources
PACT report 1963/64.
The Argus 12 April 1976.
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
