The Sea my Winding Sheet

The Sea my Winding Sheet is a radio play by Douglas Livingstone (1932-1996).

Original text

A wry reworking of Luis De Camoes’s epic poem The Lusiads, about the Adamastor myth, through which Livingstone parodies the European-African encounter.

Published in Theatre One, edited by Stephen Gray, 1978. (See Gosher, 1988).

1964: Broadcast 1964 by the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation), directed by John Parry. It was awarded BBC/Federal Broadcasting Corporation Prize 1963.

Adaptation

It was first staged in 1971 by the Theatre Workshop Company of the University of Natal, under the direction of Pieter Scholtz.

Sources

Ernest Pereira. (ed). Contemporary South African Plays.1977. Ravan Press.

Stephen Gray. (ed.) Theatre One. 1978. AD Donker.

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