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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1973: ''Die Weerstaanbare Opkoms van Arturo Ui'' the [[Karel Schoeman|Schoeman]] [[Afrikaans]] translation, was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Peter Kleinschmidt]], with [[Tobie Cronje]] (Aankondiger), [[Nigel Vermaas]] (Flake), [[Will Bernard]] (Caruther), [[David van der Merwe]] (Butcher),  
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1973: ''Die Weerstaanbare Opkoms van Arturo Ui'' the [[Karel Schoeman|Schoeman]] [[Afrikaans]] translation, was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Peter Kleinschmidt]], with [[Tobie Cronje]] (Aankondiger), [[Nigel Vermaas]] (Flake), [[Will Bernard]] (Caruther), [[David van der Merwe]] (Butcher), [[Adriaan van Niekerk]] (Mulberry), [[Don Lamprecht]] (Clark), [[Frantz Dobrowsky]] (Sheet), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Ou Dogsborough), [[Eckard Rabe]] (Jong Dogsborough),
  
  

Revision as of 07:25, 17 September 2015

The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (German: ''Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui'') [1], subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) [2].

Subject

The play chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster and his attempts to control the cauliflower racket by ruthlessly disposing of the opposition. The play is a satirical allegory of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany prior to World War II. (Wikipedia)

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by H.R. Hay as The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui in 1941.

Translated into Afrikaans by Karel Schoeman as Die Weerstaanbare Opkoms van Arturo Ui.

Performance history in South Africa

1973: Die Weerstaanbare Opkoms van Arturo Ui the Schoeman Afrikaans translation, was staged by PACT, directed by Peter Kleinschmidt, with Tobie Cronje (Aankondiger), Nigel Vermaas (Flake), Will Bernard (Caruther), David van der Merwe (Butcher), Adriaan van Niekerk (Mulberry), Don Lamprecht (Clark), Frantz Dobrowsky (Sheet), Louis van Niekerk (Ou Dogsborough), Eckard Rabe (Jong Dogsborough),



1979: The English translation was done by The Space, including a performance in a new hall at St Frances in Langa. Directed by Peter Stevenson with Aletta Bezuidenhout, Bill Curry, Carlos da Silva, Nicholas Fine, Errol Hart, Faruk Hoosain, Colin Jantjies, Hilary Jones, Caroline Newby, Michael O’Brien, Nathi Rula, Duarte Sylwain, Leslee Udwin and Ralph van Pletzen. Designed by Vivienne Cartwright, sound and lighting by Arthur Benjamin and stage managent by Shauna Johnson.

Sources

Wikipedia [3]

PACT theatre programme, 1973.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

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