Wie de Hel is Bertie?
Wie de Hel is Bertie? ("Who the hell is Bertie?") is a short Afrikaans play by Frieda van den Heever.
Also known as Wie Was Bertie? ("Who was Bertie?")
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The original text
A play for five female performers, set at the bedside of a dying woman, it is an adaptation of a theme from The Ghost of Madness 1921-1970 (2000), Ray Monk's biography of Bertrand Russell.
A copy of the typed text, probably written as a writing exercise for a playwriting course at the University of Stellenbosch, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's archives in 2022. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Performed in class, but unpublished.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Text of the play held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch.
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