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	''[[S'ketsh']]'' Summer 1972		''[[S'ketsh']]'' Summer 1972
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		+	[[Elmarie van Niekerk]], "USAT suksesvol in Grahamstad", ''[[Die Matie]]'' 27 July, 1979: p.2.

	''[[America Hurrah]]'' theatre programme. Little Theatre.		''[[America Hurrah]]'' theatre programme. Little Theatre.

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 *: Performed at the [[Little Theatre]] under the direction of [[Mavis Taylor]]. In the cast of ''[[Interview]]'' were [[Michele Maxwell]], [[John Pitt]], [[Sue Fish]], [[Tony Levin]], [[Minky Schlesinger]], [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Beverley Helsdinger]] and [[Michael Richard]]. The ''[[TV]]'' cast included [[John Pitt]], [[Beverley Helsdinger]], [[Tony Levin]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Michele Maxwell]] and [[Minky Schlesinger]]. [[Maggie Soboil]], [[Sue Fish]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Beverley Melnick]] appeared in ''Motel''. Costumes by [[Helen Rooza]], lighting by [[Mick Wells]], sound by [[Colin Shaw]]. Puppets, masks and slides designed by [[Peter Krummeck]], puppets created and made by [[Toby van Eyk]]. Stage manager [[Bobby Heaney]].
-: Interview was performed
+: ''[[Interview]]'' was performed by the [[Stellenbosch University]]'s student dramatic society, [[USAT]], at the Student Festival at the [[Grahamstown Arts Festival]]. Directed by [[Morlette Lindsay]], with eight students.
 Mid 1980s: In the mid 1980s the play was produced by [[Bobby Heaney]], designed by [[Sarah Roberts]].

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 *: Performed at the [[Little Theatre]] under the direction of [[Mavis Taylor]]. In the cast of ''[[Interview]]'' were [[Michele Maxwell]], [[John Pitt]], [[Sue Fish]], [[Tony Levin]], [[Minky Schlesinger]], [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Beverley Helsdinger]] and [[Michael Richard]]. The ''[[TV]]'' cast included [[John Pitt]], [[Beverley Helsdinger]], [[Tony Levin]], [[Beverley Melnick]], [[Michael Richard]], [[Vincent Ebrahim]], [[Michele Maxwell]] and [[Minky Schlesinger]]. [[Maggie Soboil]], [[Sue Fish]], [[Michael Richard]] and [[Beverley Melnick]] appeared in ''Motel''. Costumes by [[Helen Rooza]], lighting by [[Mick Wells]], sound by [[Colin Shaw]]. Puppets, masks and slides designed by [[Peter Krummeck]], puppets created and made by [[Toby van Eyk]]. Stage manager [[Bobby Heaney]].
 Mid 1980s: In the mid 1980s the play was produced by [[Bobby Heaney]], designed by [[Sarah Roberts]].
-: ''[[Onderhoud]]'' was presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]], starring [[Adré Aucamp]], [[Jako Voges]], [[Perlé van Schalkwyk]], [[Marchand de Kok]], [[Sarah Theron]], [[Deon de Bruyn]], [[Tanya Swanepoel]], [[Arnold Hoon]]. Since public performance rights in South Africa were not allowed for political reasons at that juncture, only one performance of the play was presented to an invited audience in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] on 25 March 1988.
+: '''''[[Onderhoud]]''''' was presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]], starring [[Adré Aucamp]], [[Jako Voges]], [[Perlé van Schalkwyk]], [[Marchand de Kok]], [[Sarah Theron]], [[Deon de Bruyn]], [[Tanya Swanepoel]], [[Arnold Hoon]]. Since public performance rights in South Africa were not allowed for political reasons at that juncture, only one performance of the play was presented to an invited audience in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] on 25 March 1988.
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 Copy of the typed text of ''[[Onderhoud]]'' ([[Johann van Heerden]]'s [[Afrikaans]] translation of ''[[Interview]]'') found in the Drama Department archives of [[Stellenbosch University]]. (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.)
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-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 A|A]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[South_African_Films]]
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+Return to [[South_African_Television/Plays|South African Television Plays and Series]]
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-Copy of the typed text of ''[[Onderhoud]]'' (the [[Afrikaans]] translation of ''[[Interview]]'' by [[Johann van Heerden]]) found in the Drama Department archives of [[Stellenbosch University]]. (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.)
+Copy of the typed text of ''[[Onderhoud]]'' ([[Johann van Heerden]]'s [[Afrikaans]] translation of ''[[Interview]]'') found in the Drama Department archives of [[Stellenbosch University]]. (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.)
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych

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 == The original text ==
-Premiered at the Pocket Theatre in New York City on November 7, 1966. Directed by Jacques Levy and Joseph Chaikin, the play was an early expression of the burgeoning 1960s counterculture, expressing discontent with American consumerism and involvement in the Vietnam War. It consists of three one-act plays: '''''[[Interview]]''''', '''''[[TV]]''''', and '''''[[Motel]]'''''.
+Premiered at the Pocket Theatre in New York City on November 7, 1966. Directed by Jacques Levy and Joseph Chaikin, the play was an early expression of the burgeoning 1960s counterculture, expressing discontent with American consumerism and involvement in the Vietnam War. The play is structured as a triptych[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych]  consisting of three one-act plays: '''''[[Interview]]''''', '''''[[TV]]''''', and '''''[[Motel]]'''''.
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