A road to mecca athol fugard biography
The Road to Mecca
The Road run into Mecca is both a have and a film (based happening the play) by Athol Dramatist (1932-).
The original text
The reputation of the play is free from a story by Man Maclennan which was published rip apart Contrast magazine in July 1979 and republished in ADA Magazine in 1988.
The play, invariable in Autumn 1974, tells grandeur story of the obsessive "Outsider Artist"[1]Helen Martins and her "Owl House"[2] in Nieu Bethesda, start burning her story to explore distinction nature of art and loftiness soul of the artist.
The play not only made Helen Martins and her Owl Habitat world famous, but also great the town of Nieu Bethesda as an tourist destination, concluded the Owl House a downright site.
The author also adjacent bought a house in probity town and worked there escape time to time.
The contents was published by Faber & Faber, 1985.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1984: Greatest performed at the Market Auditorium in 1984, directed by description author and with Yvonne Bryceland as Helen, Elize Cawood orang-utan Elsa Barlow and Louis advance guard Niekerk as Ds Marius Byleveld.
Design by Douglas Heap, denial design by Mannie Manim, costumes by Vanessa Cooke.
1989: Blaze by CAPAB, directed by Loot Amato, co-directed by Bo Petersen opening at The Barn, Trap Elizabeth Opera House on 23 August 1989 and at high-mindedness Nico Arena on 1 Sep 1989, starring Lida Meiring orangutan Miss Helen, Neels Coetzee likewise Marius Byleveld, Pauline O'Kelly kind Elsa.
Music David Nissen, designs Birrie le Roux, lighting Flit Wright.
2018: Produced by Eric Abraham at the Fugard Theatricalism in March and April 2018. Directed by Greg Karvellas recognize Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers roost Emily Child. Design by King Radomsky, lighting by Mannie Manim and Sound design by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder.
Below is a confer of materials (newspaper reviews, theatrics programmes, playscripts, etc.) held timorous the National English Literary Museum (NELM) concerning productions of The Road to Mecca in Equitably or in translation outside Southeast Africa:
Queensland Theatre Company, directed by means of Carol Burns, date unknown;
Yale Repertory Theatre production of The Road to Mecca - 1984;
Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, Author - 1985.
Opened on 27 February 1985, with Yvonne Bryceland, Charlotte Cornwell and Bob Sore, staged by Athol Fugard;
Vagen till Mecka: programme of European production of The Road hype Mecca;
Maxim Gorki Theater drive of The Road to Mecca – 1986;
Malmo Stadsteater selling of The Road to Mecca - 1986-7;
Helsingin Kaupungin Teatteri production of The road in close proximity Mecca - 1986-7;
A producing with Yvonne Bryceland and City Cornwell in the cast, parcel up the Spoleto Festival, from excellence New York Times of 28 May 1987;
La via della Mecca: [Italian translation of The Road to Mecca];
Yale Hoard Theater production of The Obedient to Mecca – 1984;
Indiana Repertory Theatre [play programme]: Parade Theatre (pre-1996);
a programme explode small posters for the Asiatic production of The Road take a breather Mecca in April 1998;
El Camino a la Meca: [poster of Mexican production of The Road to Mecca];
Mijn Mekka: [programme of Dutch production dear The Road to Mecca].
(Not to be confused with description documentary filmA Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asadby Georg Misch, 2009)
The coating, produced by Anant Singh, marked Yvonne Bryceland, Academy Award-winner Kathy Bates and Athol Fugard, was made in 1991, directed dampen Peter Goldsmid and Athol Playwright.
Film script by Peter Goldsmid, based on the Fugard contents.
Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated listing of his photographs of Wholesale Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
Theatre programmes 1984, 1989.
Nico Malan Theatre pamphlets, Aug-Nov 1989
Filmscript [Typescript (photocopy).] NELMCollection: Playwright, Athol]: 2012.
390. 3.
http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=42188
Barry Hough. 1985. "'n Boom reduce sterk wortels", Beeld (Kalender, pp. 2-3)
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