Klaaglied vir 'n Kunstenaar

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Klaaglied vir 'n Kunstenaar ("lament for an artist") is an Afrikaans play by Lisa Hall.

The original text

Set in a small Karoo town, the play is about the sexual awakening of an Afrikaans teenage girl, running parallel with her discovery of the circumstances surrounding her father's suicide.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1988: Performed by students of the University of Cape Town at Kampustoneel 1988, directed by James Blanckenberg.

Sources

The Star, 14 April 1988.

Lisa Hall. 1988. Klaaglied vir 'n Kunstenaar. Typed text with DALRO stamp (copy held in the archive of the drama department at the University of Stellenbosch)

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