Kamphoer: Die verhaal van Susan Nell - Revision history

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''[[Kamphoer: Die verhaal van Susan Nell]]'' ("Camp whore: the story of Susan Nell") is a play by [[Cecilia du Toit]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]] and [[Lara Foot]].

In some sources, referred to simply as ''[[Kamphoer]]''.

==Original text==

Adapted from the book by Francois Smit. The play explores the Afrikaner woman’s experience in the concentration camps. The story is that of a woman raped and left for dead in an Anglo-Boer war concentration camp who is forced to confront her feelings of survivor’s guilt, shame, anger, and so much more when she meets one of her attackers years later.

==Performance history in South Africa==

2019: Presented at [[Golden Arrow Theatre]], [[Baxter Theatre Centre]]. Directed by [[Lara Foot]]. Set and Lighting by [[Patrick Curtis]]. Photographs by [[Jesse Kramer]]. Performed by [[Sandra Prinsloo]].

==Sources==

https://baxter.uct.ac.za/articles/2019-03-13-kamhoer-review

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-: Presented at [[Golden Arrow Theatre]], [[Baxter Theatre Centre]].  Directed by [[Lara Foot]]. Set and Lighting by [[Patrick Curtis]]. Photographs by [[Jesse Kramer]]. Performed by [[Sandra Prinsloo]].
+: The production premiered as the flagship production of the 2019 [[Free State Arts Festival]] in Bloemfontein and received the award for Best National Theatre Debut at the festival’s [[Blinker Award]]. Subsequently presented at [[Golden Arrow Theatre]], [[Baxter Theatre Centre]] (October).  Directed by [[Lara Foot]]. Set and Lighting by [[Patrick Curtis]]. Photographs by [[Jesse Kramer]]. Performed by [[Sandra Prinsloo]].
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 ==Original text==
-Adapted from the book by Francois Smit. The play explores the Afrikaner woman’s experience in the concentration camps. The story is that of a woman raped and left for dead in an Anglo-Boer war concentration camp who is forced to confront her feelings of survivor’s guilt, shame, anger, and so much more when she meets one of her attackers years later.
+Adapted from the best-selling and debut novel ''Kamphoer'' by [[Francois Smit]] and the non-fiction, ''The Boer Whore'' by [[Nico Moolman]]. The play explores the Afrikaner woman’s experience in the concentration camps. The story is that of a woman raped and left for dead in an Anglo-Boer war concentration camp who is forced to confront her feelings of survivor’s guilt, shame, anger, and so much more when she meets one of her attackers years later.
 ==Performance history in South Africa==