The Storm
There are several theatrical works with The Storm as title.
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The Storm by Plautus
Normally translated into English as The Rope and 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.
See Rudens
The Storm by Ostrovsky
(Russian: Гроза, sometimes translated as The Thunderstorm) [1] is an 1859 play by Russian playwright Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886) [2].
The original text
Translations and adaptations
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
University of Pretoria Drama Department theatre programme, 1978.
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