Op Pad na Acapulco
Op Pad na Acapulco ("On the Road to Acapulco") is an Afrikaans radio play by Chris Barnard (1939-2015).
Contents
The original text
A radio drama about Simon and his wife, Mia, who are wandering through a war-torn country on their way to Acapulco, a symbol of Paradise (or Utopia). This is unattainable, and the are continually exposed to violence, yet hope keeps them going.
The play was submitted as an entry for the prestigious international Italia-prize. The text published by Tafelberg Publishers Ltd in 1975.
Translations and adaptations
The play has also been translated into English, French and Serbian.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.rsg.co.za/rsg/omny/op-die-pad-na-acapulco-deur-chris-barnard/
Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the F.C.L. Bosman collection held at the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) in Bloemfontein.
Senekal, Jan and Van Aswegen, Karien (eds.). 1980. Bronne by die Studie van Afrikaanse Dramas 1900-1978. Johannesburg: Perskor
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