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 == Sources ==
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet
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 [[Shirley Johnston]]. 2018. "''Drifte'' - Discovering the Secrets of Reza de Wet’s Heart". Draft article, courtesy of the author.
 [[Danie Stander]]. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for ''[[KKNK]] Festival'', 2017[http://kknk.co.za/reza-de-wet-haar-lewe-en-werke/]

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		+	[[Shirley Johnston]]. 2018. "''Drifte'' - Discovering the Secrets of Reza de Wet’s Heart". Draft article, courtesy of the author.

	[[Danie Stander]]. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for ''[[KKNK]] Festival'', 2017[http://kknk.co.za/reza-de-wet-haar-lewe-en-werke/]		[[Danie Stander]]. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for ''[[KKNK]] Festival'', 2017[http://kknk.co.za/reza-de-wet-haar-lewe-en-werke/]

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 ==The original text==
-Written while she was still a student, this is believed to be the earliest play written by De Wet, and explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights. Unpublished and unproduced for many years, the text was lost for a number of years, and and unearthed by De Wet in 1996 at the behest of director [[Shirley Johnston]], who used some scenes for a production called ''[[Drifte]]'', done with senior students in Stellenbosch in that year.
+Written while she was still a student, this is believed to be the earliest play written by De Wet, and explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights. Unpublished and unproduced for many years, the text was lost for a number of years, till an incomplete copy was unearthed by De Wet in 1996 at the behest of director [[Shirley Johnston]], who used some scenes for a production called ''[[Drifte]]'', done with senior students in Stellenbosch in that year.
 Finally produced in a musical version under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'', as De Wet's final directorial production as a staff member at [[Rhodes University]] in 2007. In the programme notes to the production De Wet says: the play "is an examination of different states of entrapment, enslavement and exploitation, and the yearning for release and self realisation" (''[[Rhodes Drama Review]]'' 2007[http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/drama/documents/review%202007.pdf]) Using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights, the production took as frame a group of travelling entertainers, in a celebration inspired by Shakespeare's comedies.

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 ==The original text==
-Written in the early 1980s, the play explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights and a group of travelling entertainers as theatrical frame. Unpublished and unproduced for many years, except for some scenes done in Stellenbosch in 1996.
+Written while she was still a student, this is believed to be the earliest play written by De Wet, and explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights. Unpublished and unproduced for many years, the text was lost for a number of years, and and unearthed by De Wet in 1996 at the behest of director [[Shirley Johnston]], who used some scenes for a production called ''[[Drifte]]'', done with senior students in Stellenbosch in that year.
 Finally produced in a musical version under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'', as De Wet's final directorial production as a staff member at [[Rhodes University]] in 2007. In the programme notes to the production De Wet says: the play "is an examination of different states of entrapment, enslavement and exploitation, and the yearning for release and self realisation" (''[[Rhodes Drama Review]]'' 2007[http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/drama/documents/review%202007.pdf]) Using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights, the production took as frame a group of travelling entertainers, in a celebration inspired by Shakespeare's comedies.

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 ==The original text==
-Written in the early 1980s, the play explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights and a group of travelling entertainers as theatrical frame. Unpublished and unproduced for many years.
+Written in the early 1980s, the play explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights and a group of travelling entertainers as theatrical frame. Unpublished and unproduced for many years, except for some scenes done in Stellenbosch in 1996.
 Finally produced in a musical version under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'', as De Wet's final directorial production as a staff member at [[Rhodes University]] in 2007. In the programme notes to the production De Wet says: the play "is an examination of different states of entrapment, enslavement and exploitation, and the yearning for release and self realisation" (''[[Rhodes Drama Review]]'' 2007[http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/drama/documents/review%202007.pdf]) Using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights, the production took as frame a group of travelling entertainers, in a celebration inspired by Shakespeare's comedies.

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 : Scenes from the play were performed by seven final year [[University of Stellenbosch]] drama students in the [[Kellerteater]] at the University, directed by lecturer [[Shirley Johnston]], with a cast including [[Paul du Toit]], [[Angerie van Wyk]], [[Martelize Kolver]], [[Leanna Dreyer]], [[Nicole Holm ]], [[Amelda Brand]] and [[Nico Dreyer]].   Set design and lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]]. In a rare exchange, the production was also performed for and debated by the [[UCT]] drama staff and students, in the Drama Department of the [[University of Cape Town]].
-: Performed as a musical under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'' by students of the [[Rhodes University]] Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by [[Reza de Wet]].
+: Performed in an adapted version as a musical under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'' by students of the [[Rhodes University]] Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by [[Reza de Wet]].
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by seven final year [[University of Stellenbosch]] drama students in April in the [[Kellerteater]], directed by lecturer [[Shirley Johnston]], with a cast including [[Paul du Toit]], [[Angerie van Wyk]], [[Martelize Kolver]], [[Leanna Dreyer]], [[Nicole Holm ]], [[Amelda Brand]] and [[Nico Dreyer]].   Set design and lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]].
+: Scenes from the play were performed by seven final year [[University of Stellenbosch]] drama students in the [[Kellerteater]] at the University, directed by lecturer [[Shirley Johnston]], with a cast including [[Paul du Toit]], [[Angerie van Wyk]], [[Martelize Kolver]], [[Leanna Dreyer]], [[Nicole Holm ]], [[Amelda Brand]] and [[Nico Dreyer]].   Set design and lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]]. In a rare exchange, the production was also performed for and debated by the [[UCT]] drama staff and students, in the Drama Department of the [[University of Cape Town]].
 : Performed as a musical under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'' by students of the [[Rhodes University]] Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by [[Reza de Wet]].

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1996: Performed by seven final year [[University of Stellenbosch]] drama students in April in the [[Kellerteater]], directed by lecturer [[Shirley Johnston]], with a cast including [[Paul du Toit]], [[Angerie van Wyk]], [[Martelize Kolver]], [[Leanna Dreyer]], [[Nicole Holm ]], [[Amelda Brand]] and [[Nico Dreyer]]. Set design and lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]].
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		+	1996: In a rare exchange, the production was also performed for and debated by the [[UCT]] drama staff and students
		+	in the Drama Department of the [[University of Cape Town]].

	2007: Performed as a musical under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'' by students of the [[Rhodes University]] Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by [[Reza de Wet]].		2007: Performed as a musical under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'' by students of the [[Rhodes University]] Drama Department, Grahamstown, directed by [[Reza de Wet]].

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 Written in the early 1980s, the play explores various stages of entrapment enslavement and exploitation, using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights and a group of travelling entertainers as theatrical frame. Unpublished and unproduced for many years.
-Finally produced in a musical version under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'', as De Wet's final directorial production as a staff member at [[Rhodes University]] in 2007. In the programme notes to the production De Wet says: the play "is an examination of different states of entrapment, enslavement and exploitation, and the yearning for release and self realisation" (''[[Rhodes Drama Review]]'' 2007[http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/drama/documents/review%202007.pdf]) Using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights, the production took as frame a group of travelling entertainers as frame, in a celebration inspired by Shakespeare's comedies.
+Finally produced in a musical version under the title ''[[Heathcliff Goes Home]]'', as De Wet's final directorial production as a staff member at [[Rhodes University]] in 2007. In the programme notes to the production De Wet says: the play "is an examination of different states of entrapment, enslavement and exploitation, and the yearning for release and self realisation" (''[[Rhodes Drama Review]]'' 2007[http://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/drama/documents/review%202007.pdf]) Using as premise the life of Emily Brontë's brooding hero ''before'' he arrived at Wuthering Heights, the production took as frame a group of travelling entertainers, in a celebration inspired by Shakespeare's comedies.
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