Romeo en Julia (Studie van 'n Verdrinkende Liggaam)

The Afrikaans title for Romeo en Julia (studie van een verdrinkend lichaam) ("Romeo and Julia - Study of a Drowning Body"), a dark and violent reinterpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by Peter Verhelst for Het Zuidelijk Toneel, first performed 1998.

Translated into Afrikaans from the Flemish (Dutch) by Marthinus Basson. First produced in South Africa in 2005 by Vleis, Rys, en Aartappels, directed and designed by Marthinus Basson and featuring Rolanda Marais, Laudo Liebenberg, Basson, Antoinette Kellermann, Jana Cilliers, Dawid Minnaar, Mbulelo Grootboom and Jannie Gagiano. It premiéred at the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees in March.

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