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=''[[ Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]]=
 
=''[[ Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]]=
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==The original text==
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
First staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in the late 1970s or early 1980s, according to the theatre programme for the production of Ferguson's ''[[Falstaff]]'' (1984)
 
First staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in the late 1970s or early 1980s, according to the theatre programme for the production of Ferguson's ''[[Falstaff]]'' (1984)
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=''[[ Sylvia]]'' by [[Lydia Pienaar]]=
 
=''[[ Sylvia]]'' by [[Lydia Pienaar]]=
  
A one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings and first performed by Pienaar in the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1987.
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==The original text==
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A one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings in September 1987. A typed copy of the text is held in the Drama Department archive at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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First performed (probably by [[Lydia Pienaar]]) in the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1987.
  
 
= Sources =
 
= Sources =

Latest revision as of 05:45, 26 May 2022

Sylvia is the title given to two plays by South African authors:


Sylvia by Ian Ferguson

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First staged at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, in the late 1970s or early 1980s, according to the theatre programme for the production of Ferguson's Falstaff (1984)

Sylvia by Lydia Pienaar

The original text

A one-woman piece about the life and work of Sylvia Plath, compiled from her writings in September 1987. A typed copy of the text is held in the Drama Department archive at the University of Stellenbosch.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First performed (probably by Lydia Pienaar) in the Drama Department, Stellenbosch University, directed by Johann van Heerden in 1987.

Sources

Theatre programme for the production of Ian Ferguson's Falstaff (1984)

Curriculum Vitae of Johann van Heerden (2011)

Linda Pienaar. 1987. Typed copy of Sylvia, held in the Drama Department archive at the University of Stellenbosch.

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