Medea [1981]
Title
Medea [1981]
Description
Tragedy adaptation staged as a one-person show, based on Euripides’ 'Medea' and Hans Henny Jahnn’s 1926 German interpretation of Medea
First performed in English translation, subsequently in Afrikaans (both translations by Arnold Blumer). Prologue by Hans Henny Jahnn. Staged by Raimond Schoop, with permission of CAPAB. Stage manager: Andre Darling
Re-performed in March 2011 at Woordfees in the Klein Libertas Theater, in the Afrikaans translation, directed and designed by Martinus Basson, with Coba-Maryn Wilsenach as Medea. Re-performed again in 2012 at Aardklop with Wilsenach as Medea. In September 2019 it was adapted by Dario D’Ambrosi’s Teatro Patologico, staged in the Mannie Manim Theatre at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg
First performed in English translation, subsequently in Afrikaans (both translations by Arnold Blumer). Prologue by Hans Henny Jahnn. Staged by Raimond Schoop, with permission of CAPAB. Stage manager: Andre Darling
Re-performed in March 2011 at Woordfees in the Klein Libertas Theater, in the Afrikaans translation, directed and designed by Martinus Basson, with Coba-Maryn Wilsenach as Medea. Re-performed again in 2012 at Aardklop with Wilsenach as Medea. In September 2019 it was adapted by Dario D’Ambrosi’s Teatro Patologico, staged in the Mannie Manim Theatre at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg
Year Created
1981
Opening Date
13 May 1981
Performance Venue
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Director
Dieter Reibele
Performers
Trix Pienaar
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Provenance
This information was retrieved from: Cape Times; Betine van Zyl Smit (2007) ‘Medea in Afrikaans’; Brian Barrow and Yvonne Williams-Short (1987) Theatre Alive!; Amazwi South African Museum of Literature, Makhanda. Additional information sourced by Leo Kershaw.
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