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Johann van Heerden: /* Performance history in South Africa */

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Performance history in South Africa

Johann van Heerden: /* Performance history in South Africa */

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Performance history in South Africa

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 == The original text ==
-The play was written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] at the invitation of [[Saartjie Botha]], then drama coordinator of the [[Woordfees]], who encouraged the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] to create an original work rather than stage a translation of a well-known American comedy. It was one of the first three productions mounted by the collective, a group of [[Stellenbosch University]] drama graduates, presented alongside [[Wessel Pretorius]]'s one-man show [[Ont-]] and an adaptation of [[Christopher Durang]]'s [[Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You]].
+The play was written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] at the invitation of [[Saartjie Botha]], then drama coordinator of the [[Woordfees]], who encouraged the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] to create an original work rather than stage a translation of a well-known American comedy. It was one of the first three productions mounted by the collective, a group of [[Stellenbosch University]] drama graduates, presented alongside [[Wessel Pretorius]]'s one-man show [[Ont-]] and an adaptation of [[Christopher Durang]]'s [[Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You]].
 The play remained unpublished. The script survived only in draft form, and a lightly revised version was reproduced, with the author's permission, as an addendum to [[Maria Susanna Hattingh]]'s 2018 [[Stellenbosch University]] MDram thesis ''Finding Balance: A Study of the Text and Context of Two Afrikaans Festival Comedy Scripts''.

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 == The original text ==
-The play was written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] at the invitation of [[Saartjie Botha]], then drama coordinator of the [[Woordfees]], who encouraged the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] to create an original work rather than stage a translation of a well-known American comedy. It was one of the first three productions mounted by the collective, a group of [[Stellenbosch University]] drama graduates, presented alongside [[Wessel Pretorius]]'s one-man show [[Ont]] and an adaptation of [[Christopher Durang]]'s [[Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You]].
+The play was written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] at the invitation of [[Saartjie Botha]], then drama coordinator of the [[Woordfees]], who encouraged the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] to create an original work rather than stage a translation of a well-known American comedy. It was one of the first three productions mounted by the collective, a group of [[Stellenbosch University]] drama graduates, presented alongside [[Wessel Pretorius]]'s one-man show [[Ont-]] and an adaptation of [[Christopher Durang]]'s [[Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You]].
 The play remained unpublished. The script survived only in draft form, and a lightly revised version was reproduced, with the author's permission, as an addendum to [[Maria Susanna Hattingh]]'s 2018 [[Stellenbosch University]] MDram thesis ''Finding Balance: A Study of the Text and Context of Two Afrikaans Festival Comedy Scripts''.

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 == The original text ==
-The play was written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] at the invitation of [[Saartjie Botha]], then drama coordinator of the [[Woordfees]], who encouraged the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] to create an original work rather than stage a translation of a well-known American comedy. It was one of the first three productions mounted by the collective, a group of [[Stellenbosch University]] drama graduates, presented alongside [[Wessel Pretorius]]'s one-man show ''[[Ont]]'' and an adaptation of [[Christopher Durang]]'s ''[[Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You]]''.
+The play was written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] at the invitation of [[Saartjie Botha]], then drama coordinator of the [[Woordfees]], who encouraged the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] to create an original work rather than stage a translation of a well-known American comedy. It was one of the first three productions mounted by the collective, a group of [[Stellenbosch University]] drama graduates, presented alongside [[Wessel Pretorius]]'s one-man show [[Ont]] and an adaptation of [[Christopher Durang]]'s [[Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You]].
 The play remained unpublished. The script survived only in draft form, and a lightly revised version was reproduced, with the author's permission, as an addendum to [[Maria Susanna Hattingh]]'s 2018 [[Stellenbosch University]] MDram thesis ''Finding Balance: A Study of the Text and Context of Two Afrikaans Festival Comedy Scripts''.

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-''N is vir Neurose'' by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] (19**-)*
+''N is vir Neurose''
 == The original text ==
-Written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]].The full text of the play was reproduced as an addendum to [[Maria Susanna Hattingh]]'s 2018 MDram thesis at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], which analyses ''N is vir Neurose'' and [[Nico Scheepers]]'s ''[[Amper, Vrystaat]]'' as Afrikaans festival comedies.
+The play was written by [[Christiaan Olwagen]] at the invitation of [[Saartjie Botha]], then drama coordinator of the [[Woordfees]], who encouraged the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] to create an original work rather than stage a translation of a well-known American comedy. It was one of the first three productions mounted by the collective, a group of [[Stellenbosch University]] drama graduates, presented alongside [[Wessel Pretorius]]'s one-man show ''[[Ont]]'' and an adaptation of [[Christopher Durang]]'s ''[[Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You]]''.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Staged at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]], Stellenbosch, presented by [[Polony]], with text and direction by [[Christiaan Olwagen]], in the [[Klein Libertas Teater]], on 3, 7 and 11 March, on the [[Sanlam Dramafees]] programme. The cast was [[Hannah Borthwick]], [[Roeline Daneel]], [[Mariechen Vosloo]] and [[Wessel Pretorius]]. Age restriction: no under-16s.
+: Premiered at the [[Woordfees]] in the [[Klein Libertas Teater]], Stellenbosch (performances on 3, 7 and 11 March), produced by the [[Polony Theatre Collective]] and written and directed by [[Christiaan Olwagen]]. The cast was [[Roeline Daneel]] (Liz), [[Hannah Borthwick]] (Shani), [[Mariechen Vosloo]] (Rachelle) and [[Wessel Pretorius]] (Japie, a stripper).
 == Sources ==
-Hattingh, Maria Susanna. 2018. ''Finding balance: a study of the text and context of two Afrikaans festival comedy scripts''. Unpublished MDram thesis. Stellenbosch: [[University of Stellenbosch|Stellenbosch University]]. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103790
+Hattingh, M.S. 2018. ''Finding Balance: A Study of the Text and Context of Two Afrikaans Festival Comedy Scripts''. MDram thesis, [[Stellenbosch University]].
-[[Woordfees|US Woordfees]] 2012 programme.
+''Woordfeesprogram 2012''. Stellenbosch: US Woordfees.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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+Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 N|N]] in Plays I: Original SA Plays
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Staged at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]], Stellenbosch, presented by [[Polony]], with text and direction by [[Christiaan Olwagen]], in the [[Klein Libertas Teater]], on 3, 7 and 11 March, on the Sanlam Dramafees programme. The cast was [[Hannah Borthwick]], [[Roeline Daneel]], [[Mariechen Vosloo]] and [[Wessel Pretorius]]. Age restriction: no under-16s.
+: Staged at the [[Woordfees|US Woordfees]], Stellenbosch, presented by [[Polony]], with text and direction by [[Christiaan Olwagen]], in the [[Klein Libertas Teater]], on 3, 7 and 11 March, on the [[Sanlam Dramafees]] programme. The cast was [[Hannah Borthwick]], [[Roeline Daneel]], [[Mariechen Vosloo]] and [[Wessel Pretorius]]. Age restriction: no under-16s.
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Premiered at the [[Woordfees]] 2012, first in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town and then in the [[Little Libertas Theatre]] in  Stellenbosch, directed by [[Christiaan Olwagen]], with [[Hannah Borthwick]], [[Roeline Daneel]], [[Mariechen Vosloo]] and [[Wessel Pretorius]].
+: Premiered at the [[Woordfees]] 2012, first in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town and then in the [[Little Libertas Theatre]] in Stellenbosch, directed by [[Christiaan Olwagen]], with [[Hannah Borthwick]], [[Roeline Daneel]], [[Mariechen Vosloo]] and [[Wessel Pretorius]].
 : The same production was staged at [[Aardklop]] and at the [[KKNK]].

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-N IS VIR NEUROSE
+'''''N is vir Neurose''''' (Afrikaans for "N is for Neurosis") is a black comedy play by [[Christiaan Olwagen]].
 KOMEDIE
 Afr. Geen o/16 (T)
 Teks & regie: [[Christiaan Olwagen]]
 Met [[Hannah Borthwick]], [[Roeline Daneel]], [[Mariechen Vosloo]] en [[Wessel Pretorius]].
-’n Kitchen tea. Liz trou. Rachelle en Shani pis mekaar af. ’n Polisieman. ’n Paar glase rooiwyn later en alles is skielik anders. N is vir Neurose gaan oor grootword, klein bly, werk, seks en trou. Alles voor dertig. Natuurlik gaan ons neuroties wees …
+’n Kitchen tea. Liz trou. Rachelle en Shani pis mekaar af. ’n Polisieman. ’n Paar glase rooiwyn later en alles is skielik anders. N is vir Neurose gaan oor grootword, klein bly, werk, seks en trou. Alles voor dertig. Natuurlik gaan ons neuroties wees
-(Source: [[KKNK]] programme, 29 March-6 April 2013)
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