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Script

The Island (1976)

APGRD id
7690
Contributors
Languages
  • English
  • Afrikaans
  • Xhosa
Ancient works on which this script is based
Antigone (Sophocles)
Publication details
Published in 'Sizwe Bansi is dead: and, The island' (New York: Viking Press)
Year
APGRD Notes
First performed July 1973 as 'Die Hodoshe Span'. Written in English with phrases/words in Afrikaans and Xhosa. Contains rehearsals for a play-within-play Antigone.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/scripts/7690
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Person Contribution Main author
Athol Fugard Yes
John Kani Yes
Winston Ntshona Yes
Title Year Venues Companies
The Island (1993) 1993 Ensemble Theatre (Los Angeles, State of California, United States) Ensemble Theatre
The Island / Die Hodoshe Span [The Hodoshe shift] (1973) 1973 Royal Court Theatre, Court Theatre (London, Greater London, England), Space Theatre (Cape Town, Province of the Western Cape, South Africa), Ambassadors Theatre (London, Greater London, England), Edison Theatre (c.1971-1991) (Manhattan, New York, United States)
The Island (2000) 2000 Old Vic (London, Greater London, England), Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) (New York City, New York, United States), Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre (London, Greater London, England) National Theatre (NT, London; aka Royal National Theatre), Market Theatre, Johannesburg
The Island (1996) 1996 Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States) Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (Department of Speech & Theatre)
The Island (1988) 1988 Public Theater (New York City, New York, United States)
The Island (2006) 2006 The Theatre Chipping Norton, The Theatre (Chipping Norton, County of Oxfordshire, England) Market Theatre, Johannesburg, Live Theatre
The Island (2002) 2002 University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) University of KwaZulu-Natal
The Island (1974) 1974
The Island (1991) 1991 American Showcase Theatre Company (Alexandria, Virginia, United States) American Showcase Theatre Company
The Island (1999) 1999 unknown venue (Zimbabwe)
The Island (1985) 1985 unknown venue (Zimbabwe)
The Island (1999) 1999 St George's College, Saints / George's (Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe) St George's College, Harare
The Island Lost Theatre, Fulham Road (London, Greater London, England)
The Island unknown venue (South Africa)
The Island (1995) 1995 Market Theatre (Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
The Island (2001) 2001 Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)