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''[[The Storm]]'' (or ''[[The Thunderstorm]]'' is a play by Russian playwright Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ostrovsky]. | ''[[The Storm]]'' (or ''[[The Thunderstorm]]'' is a play by Russian playwright Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ostrovsky]. | ||
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There are several theatrical works with The Storm as title.
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The Storm by Plautus
The Storm is one of the English titles used for Rudens ("The Rope") by Plautus
The text
Normally translated into English as The Rope and Der Schiffbruch (The Shipwreck) in German. A new translation by Peter Oswald, however, was entitled The Storm, and was produced at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London as part of the "World and Underworld" Season in 2005.
Performances of Rudens in South Africa
See Rudens
Sources
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The Storm (or The Thunderstorm) by Ostrovsky
The Storm (or The Thunderstorm is a play by Russian playwright Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886) [1].
The original text
First written in Russian as Гроза (Groza in the Roman alphabet) in an 1859 and published in 1860. is an 1859 play by Russian playwright Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky (1823-1886) [].
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as The Storm by Constance Garnett and published in 1898.
Sometimes also translated as The Thunderstorm.
Adaptation in Afrikaans by Braam Cilliers as Die Storm.
Performance history in South Africa
1978: The Afrikaans adaptation performed by the University of Pretoria Drama Department, directed by Braam Cilliers, with Lochner de Kock, Ben Kruger, Pieter Brand, Eben Cruywagen, Alida Theron, Schalk Schoombie, Selma van der Vyver, Alwina van Wyk, André Retief, Marlise Erwee, Karin Cronje, Suzette de Waal and others.
Sources
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Storm by Aleksandr Nicolaevich Ostrovsky (Garnett translation) Release Date: April, 2005 (EBook #7991)[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ostrovsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Storm_%28play%29
University of Pretoria Drama Department theatre programme, 1978.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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