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''[[Vrygrond]]'' is a play by [[Charles J. Fourie]] 

== The original text ==

The play tells the story of a black [[Afrikaans]] squatter family who settled in a cemetery outside a Karoo village. The influence of the violent 1980s is highlighted while they wait anxiously for promises of a new government in the 1990s to be fulfilled.

The play was written with the support of the [[Stigting vir die Skeppende Kunste]] ([[Foundation for the Creative Arts]]) and won the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] Award in 1992.

First performed in 1993, the text published in ''[[Vrygrond e.a. Dramas]]'' by [[Tafelberg]] in 1995.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1993: First performed by the [[Agterdeur Geselskap]] at the ''[[ATKV Kampustoneel]]'' Festival in Pretoria on 16 April, directed by [[Charles J. Fourie]] 

1993: Presented by [[KRUIK]] Toneel, directed and designed by [[Charles J. Fourie]], starring [[Natie Rula]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Vicky Kente]], [[Ricky Rudolph]], [[Tina Jaxa]] and [[Willem van der Walt]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, in July.

== Sources ==

Bound copy of the typed text of ''[[Vrygrond]]'', containing details of the broadcast, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Contains handwritten notes by the author/director.  

[[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1993. 189.

Review by [[Victor Metsoamere]] in ''[[The Sowetan]]'', 28 April 1993. p.19.

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