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ĊENS PERPETWU XENEĠĠJATURA |
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MALTA TELEVISION SERVICE (MTV) 2 ta' Mejju, 1971 |
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Produzzjoni
ta' CHARLES ABELA
MIZZI |
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MTV BEHIND THE SCENES |
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Photos by Larry Calleja |
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DWAR IL-KITBA IS-SAGA TA' TELEDRAMM Ċens Perpetwu għadda minn diversi fażi ta'... adattament minn meta tressaq l-ewwel darba bl'isem "Presente Cadavere" għand il-Kap tal-Programmi tal-MTV (Mannie Spiteri) f'Mejju tal-1970 sakemm wasal fuq l-iskrijn tat-televiżjoni tal-MTV.f'Mejju tas-sena ta' wara. Għalkemm milqugħ tajjeb ħafna fil-bidu mill-ewwel deher li "in-natura tas-suġġett kienet toħloq ċerti diffikultajiet". Wara laqgħa ta' diskussjoni u sottomissjoni oħra tad-dramm "ikkoreġut" f'Awissu tal-1970 id-dramm ġie saflaħħar aċċettat għax-xandir f'Jannar tal-1971 mid-Drama Panel. Madankollu ma kienx biss l-isem tad-dramm li nbidel iżda kwazi i t-tieni att kollu kemm hu. Id-diffikultajiet li d-dramm kien jirrapreżenta kienu esssenzjalment kwistjonijiet li fiż-żminijiet ta' llum kienu jitqiesu bħala ċensura bla rażan. Ezempju, id-dell ikrah li seta' jintefa fuq kwistjonijiet ta' reliġjon kif ukoll politika. Biex ma nsemmmux ukoll il-preżenza kontinwa u "indeċenti" ta' sepulkru f'nofs ix-xena meqjusa bħala irreverenti, aktar u aktar meta il-katavru jirxoxta mirakolużament. Imma dawk kienu żminjiet u raġunamenti oħra. Kienu wkoll esperjezi imprezzabbli għal kittieb żagħżugħ għadu kemm jibda. Fil-fatt ix-xogħol kollu ta' kitba li ntefa' fuq dan l-ewwel teledramm wassal biex inħoloq dramm mhux biss b'żewg titli diufferenti imma wkoll bi tliet verżjonijiet differenti tat-tieni att. Il-verżjoni finali kif ippubblikata hija infatti bbażata fuq il-verżjoni originali intiera b'xi żidiet kemmxejn aktar "liberi" fejn jolqtu aktar fil-laħam il-ħaj is-soċjeta' Maltija ta' dawk iż-żminijiet. |
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THE POLITICIAN WHO WOULD NOT DIE
Alas, it eventually transpired that some modifications might be needed in the ultra satirical second act after all... because "the nature of the subject matter represented certain difficulties." The play called for the staging of a funerary scene in which the old politician being mourned was supposed to be put on display in the dilapidated apartment accommodation where he died - an accommodation which was now up for grabs. In a biting parody of the social and religious bigotry of the Sixties, the whole second act centered on the mechanizations and schemes which everyone who knew the old man attempted to come up with in order to capitalize on his death. The culmination of the intrigue and chaos which ensues is the surrealistic ending in which the old politician apparently comes back to life... Ostensibly one can presume that what seemed unfit to present on local TV in 1970 was the irreverent display of the casket of the dear departed politician. The religious bigotry which permeates the play did not make matters any better. Act Two was thus re-written (twice) - omitting the presence of the offending casket... and the politician who would not die. Since the cadavere was no longer presente, the title was changed to Ċens Perpetwu which in the long run, seemed fitting enough and was retained when the play was published in 1972. |
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INTERVISTA mal-awtur -
ĊENS
PERPETWU
"L-EKU"
- Diċembru 1991 |
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2007 ĊENTRU TAD-DRAMA | ||||
A collage presentation of |
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IN RETROSPECT, always in retrospect
Inconceivable as it might seem, some fifty years after independence,
Maltese theatre has not more than a few (less than a handful) of
plays which one can positively identify as located and belonging to
a pretty much specific decade of our recent history - only a couple
plays can in fact be reliable sources as to what the Maltese
experience of the recent past has in fact been. |
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Script from the |
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IT-TEATRU TA' ORESTE CALLEJA NOTA BIJOGRAFIKA DRAMMI XENEĠĠJATURI IL-MONOLOGI ARKIVJU |