Water Tables
Water Tables is a play in four scenes by Marcelle Olivier ()
Contents
The original text
A set in 1990 the play in four scenes is about family relationships, a struggling farm, receding water tables and an unscrupulous mining company.
Written as an exercise for a playwriting course at the Stellenbosch Drama Department. A handwritten note in the typed text identifies it as the "first final draft" used for a playreading during the course.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
The text of the play, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
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