Medea [1983]
Title
Medea [1983]
Description
Based on Jean Anouilh’s 'Médée', French adaptation of Euripides’ Medea. Performers: Almerene Visser (Medea), Jakes Jacobs (Jason), Lorraine Viljoen (Die Voedster), Anton Schmidt (Die Seun), Siegfried Kitching, Chris Jougaard and Paul Vink (Die Wagte), Dannie Stokes and Patrick Stokes as Die Kinders, and Frans Kalp (Kreon)
Translated into Afrikaans by Lorraine Viljoen. This was re-performed in 2003 by the Drama Department of the Technikon, Pretoria, directed by René Tredoux, at the Breytenbach Theatre, with a cast of Drama students, including Jana Strydom as Medea.
Translated into Afrikaans by Lorraine Viljoen. This was re-performed in 2003 by the Drama Department of the Technikon, Pretoria, directed by René Tredoux, at the Breytenbach Theatre, with a cast of Drama students, including Jana Strydom as Medea.
Genre
Tragedy
Language
Year Created
1983
Opening Date
02 February 1983
Closing Date
05 February 1983
Performance Venue
Breytenbach Theatre
Geographic Location of Performance
Producer
Drama Department of Technikon Pretoria [now the Tshwane Institute of Technology]
Director
Pieter van Heerden
Andries Swanepoel
Text By
Jean Anouilh
Translator
Lorraine Viljoen
Performers
Almerene Visser
Jakes Jacobs
Lorraine Viljoen
Anton Schmidt
Siegfried Kitching
Chris Jougaard
Paul Vink
Dannie Stokes
Patrick Stokes
Frans Kalp
Play Based On
Provenance
This information was retrieved from: National Library of South Africa, Pretoria; Betine van Zyl Smit (2005) ‘Medea praat Afrikaans’ and (2007) ‘Medea in Afrikaans’. This information was sourced and shared by Leo Kershaw.
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