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