Osseba - Revision history

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 ''[[The Cape Argus]]'', 22 March 1991.
-A photocopy of the typed text of ''[[Osseba]]'' found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
+A photocopy of the typed text of ''[[Osseba]]'' found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. (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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−	''[[Osseba]]'' is a "metaphysical revue" by [[Louw Verwey]] ().	+	''[[Osseba]]'' is a "metaphysical revue" by [[Louw Verwey]] (1930-2008).

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 A play is a about the nightmare playing itself out in the psyche of the unseen main character, "Marthinus Lourens", the psyche being represented by four identically clad clowns. According to an authorial note in the text, the title "Osseba" refers to an "ossewa" ("ox wagon") used as a liquor bar (thus an "ox bar'") in the Motel Kennedy in Harrismith in the Orange Free State.
-Submitted as the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s entry for the 1991 [[Kampustoneel]] festival.
+Written in 1990 and submitted as the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s entry for the 1991 [[Kampustoneel]] festival.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Sources ==
-''The Cape Argus'', 22 March 1991.
+''[[The Cape Argus]]'', 22 March 1991.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==The original text==
-A play is a about the nightmare playing itself out in the psyche of the unseen main character, "Marthinus Lourens", the psyche being represented by four identically clad clowns. According to an authorial note in the text, the title refers to an ox wagon used as a liquor bar in the Motel Kennedy in Harrismith in the Orange Free State.
+A play is a about the nightmare playing itself out in the psyche of the unseen main character, "Marthinus Lourens", the psyche being represented by four identically clad clowns. According to an authorial note in the text, the title "Osseba" refers to an "ossewa" ("ox wagon") used as a liquor bar (thus an "ox bar'") in the Motel Kennedy in Harrismith in the Orange Free State.
-First produced by the  [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]  as the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s entry for the 1991 [[Kampustoneel]] festival.
+Submitted as the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s entry for the 1991 [[Kampustoneel]] festival.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 O|O]]
+==The original text==
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
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← Older revision		Revision as of 03:58, 29 March 2023
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−	''~~'''~~Osseba~~'''~~'' is a play by [[Louw Verwey]]. ~~Full-length. Cast: mixed.~~	+	''[[Osseba]]'' is a play by [[Louw Verwey]] ().
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		+	==The original text==

	Presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in 1991, directed by [[Mark Graham]], starring [[Waldemar Schultz]], [[André van der Merwe]], [[Taniya van der Merwe]], [[Chris Vorster]] and [[Sandra Fourie]]. Costume designs by [[John Daniels]] and [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]] and [[Kelly Robinson]] and soundtrack by [[André van der Merwe]].		Presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in 1991, directed by [[Mark Graham]], starring [[Waldemar Schultz]], [[André van der Merwe]], [[Taniya van der Merwe]], [[Chris Vorster]] and [[Sandra Fourie]]. Costume designs by [[John Daniels]] and [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]] and [[Kelly Robinson]] and soundtrack by [[André van der Merwe]].

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	Presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in 1991, directed by [[Mark Graham]], starring [[Waldemar Schultz]], [[André van der Merwe]], [[Taniya van der Merwe]], [[Chris Vorster]] and [[Sandra Fourie]]. Costume designs by [[John Daniels]] and [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]] and [[Kelly Robinson]] and soundtrack by [[André van der Merwe]].		Presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in 1991, directed by [[Mark Graham]], starring [[Waldemar Schultz]], [[André van der Merwe]], [[Taniya van der Merwe]], [[Chris Vorster]] and [[Sandra Fourie]]. Costume designs by [[John Daniels]] and [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]] and [[Kelly Robinson]] and soundtrack by [[André van der Merwe]].
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		+	== Sources ==
		+	''The Cape Argus'', 22 March 1991.

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−	by [[Louw Verwey]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed.	+	'''''Osseba''''' is a play by [[Louw Verwey]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed.

−	Presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in 1991, directed by [[Mark Graham]], starring [[Waldemar Schultz]], [[André van der Merwe]], [[Taniya van der Merwe]], [[Chris Vorster]] and [[Sandra Fourie]].	+	Presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in 1991, directed by [[Mark Graham]], starring [[Waldemar Schultz]], [[André van der Merwe]], [[Taniya van der Merwe]], [[Chris Vorster]] and [[Sandra Fourie]]. Costume designs by [[John Daniels]] and [[Elaine Aucamp]], lighting by [[Kobus Rossouw]] and [[Kelly Robinson]] and soundtrack by [[André van der Merwe]].