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Post Mortem by Pieter Fourie (1940-)

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Sources

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The original text

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Satj: /* Post Mortem by Pieter Fourie (1940-) */

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Post Mortem by Pieter Fourie (1940-)

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South African performances

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Post Mortem by Pieter Fourie (1940-)

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The original text

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	[[Pieter Fourie]]. 2016. ''[[Post Mortem]]''. Pretoria: [[Protea Boekhuis]]		[[Pieter Fourie]]. 2016. ''[[Post Mortem]]''. Pretoria: [[Protea Boekhuis]]

−	Temple Hauptfleisch. 2017. ''[[Post Mortem]]'' deur Pieter Fourie: ’n resensie. [[LitNet]] 2017-01-31[http://www.litnet.co.za/post-mortem-deur-pieter-fourie-n-resensie/]	+	[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 2017. ''[[Post Mortem]]'' deur Pieter Fourie: ’n resensie. [[LitNet]] 2017-01-31[http://www.litnet.co.za/post-mortem-deur-pieter-fourie-n-resensie/]

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 Based on a newspaper report, this is a fictionalized version of a family massacre on a South African farm and the devastating effects of a range of neuroses and sexual problems, in which an unhappy woman resurrects her husband, a coloured girl and a young man from three graves in the veld, to ascertain what had really happened to them on that day. Seen by some reviewers as a highly symbolic work, the final of a series of "farm tragedies" written by Fourie (along with ''[[Die Koggelaar]]'', ''[[Donderdag se Mense]]'' and ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]''), but was also seen as a "post mortem" of the previous plays and major themes in Fourie's ''oeuvre'' (see Luwes, 2012).
-Written and first performed in 1993, the text was long only available as a prompt text from [[DALRO]] and the [[University of the Free State]] archives, it was finally published in 2016 by [[Protea Boekhuis]]. The text did not receive many positive reviews, largely being seen as too schematic and containing a mere repetition of many old themes and techniques from his more compelling earlier work.
+Written and first performed in 1993, the text was long only available as a prompt text from [[DALRO]] and the [[University of the Free State]] archives, it was finally published in 2016 by [[Protea Boekhuis]]. The text did not receive many positive reviews, largely being seen as containing a mere repetition of many old themes and techniques from his more compelling earlier work. For example, Hauptfleisch (2017) finds the work too schematic - "a series of short sound bits and visual images in which real depth of meaning gets lost".
 == South African performances ==

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	[[Pieter Fourie]]. 2016. ''[[Post Mortem]]''. Pretoria: [[Protea Boekhuis]]		[[Pieter Fourie]]. 2016. ''[[Post Mortem]]''. Pretoria: [[Protea Boekhuis]]
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		+	Temple Hauptfleisch. 2017. ''[[Post Mortem]]'' deur Pieter Fourie: ’n resensie. [[LitNet]] 2017-01-31[http://www.litnet.co.za/post-mortem-deur-pieter-fourie-n-resensie/]
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	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == The original text ==
-Based on a newspaper report, this is a fictionalized version of a family massacre on a South African farm and the devastating effects of a range of neuroses and sexual problems, in which an unhappy woman resurrects her husband, a coloured girl and a young man from three graves in the veld, to ascertain what had really happened to them on that day. Seen by some reviewers as a highly symbolic work, the final of a series of "farm tragedies" written by Fourie (along with ''[[Die Koggelaar]]'', ''[[Donderdag se Mense]]'' and ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]''), even seen as a "most mortem" of the previous plays and major themes in Fourie's ''oeuvre'' (see Luwes, 2012).
+Based on a newspaper report, this is a fictionalized version of a family massacre on a South African farm and the devastating effects of a range of neuroses and sexual problems, in which an unhappy woman resurrects her husband, a coloured girl and a young man from three graves in the veld, to ascertain what had really happened to them on that day. Seen by some reviewers as a highly symbolic work, the final of a series of "farm tragedies" written by Fourie (along with ''[[Die Koggelaar]]'', ''[[Donderdag se Mense]]'' and ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]''), but was also seen as a "post mortem" of the previous plays and major themes in Fourie's ''oeuvre'' (see Luwes, 2012).
-Written and first performed in 1993, the text was finally published in 2016 by [[Protea Boekhuis]].
+Written and first performed in 1993, the text was long only available as a prompt text from [[DALRO]] and the [[University of the Free State]] archives, it was finally published in 2016 by [[Protea Boekhuis]]. The text did not receive many positive reviews, largely being seen as too schematic and containing a mere repetition of many old themes and techniques from his more compelling earlier work.
 == South African performances ==
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 : First performed in the [[Wynand Mouton Theatre]] at the [[University of the Free State]], directed by [[Chris Fourie]],  with [[Anton Welman]], and three students - [[Simoné Verster]], [[Linda Louw]] and [[Nico Davids]]. Lighting by [[Heike Gehring]] and stage direction by [[Judy van Zyl]]. The cast largely consisted of students, while Welman was a professional performer and two performers were members of the [[Heidram]] amateur theatre company from Heidedal.
-: Perfomred at the ATKV Kampustoneel in the Breytenbach Yheatre, Pretoria Once again directed by [[Chris Fourie]],  with the same cast of [[Anton Welman]], [[Simoné Verster]], [[Linda Louw]] and [[Nico Davids]]. Lighting by [[Heike Gehring]] and stage direction by [[Judy van Zyl]].
+: The University of the Free State production performed at the [[ATKV Kampustoneel]] in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], Pretoria in April. Once again directed by [[Chris Fourie]],  with the same cast of [[Anton Welman]], [[Simoné Verster]], [[Linda Louw]] and [[Nico Davids]]. Lighting by [[Heike Gehring]] and stage direction by [[Judy van Zyl]].
-: Performed in die Wynand Mouton Theatre, Bloemfontein from  25 Augustus tot 2 September. Directed by  [[Anton Welman]], with professional actors [[Stephanie Brink]] and [[Anton Welman]], and two postgraduate students,  [[Teresca Muishond]] and [[Richard Miles]].
+(?): [[Tim Huisamen]] of [[Rhodes University]] approached Fourie with an offer to produce the play in Grahamstown, but Fourie declined.
 == Sources ==

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-Two plays by this name have been performed in South Africa: ''[[Postmortem]]'' by Benjamin Bradford and ''[[Post Mortem]]'' by [[Pieter Fourie]].
+Two plays by this name have been performed in South Africa: ''[[Post Mortem]]'' by Benjamin Bradford and ''[[Post Mortem]]'' by [[Pieter Fourie]].
 There are also three other registered plays by this title, not performed in the country to date:
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 ''[[Post Mortem]]'' (Noel Coward, 1931)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Mortem_(Coward_play)], ''[[Postmortem]]'' (Ken Ludwig, 1983)[https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/758/postmortem-ludwig], ''[[Post Mortem]]'' (A.R. Gurney, 2006)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_Mortem_(Gurney_play)],
-=''[[Postmortem]]'' by Benjamin Bradford (1925-)=
+=''[[Post Mortem]]'' by Benjamin Bradford (1925-)=
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 == South African performances ==
-: Performed with the title ''[[Postmortem]]'', as a lunch-hour presentation at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 1973, directed by [[Bill Flynn]], with [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Christopher Prophet]] and [[Mike Richard]]. Lighting and stage management by [[Donald Fuller]].
+: Performed as a lunch-hour presentation at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in 1973, directed by [[Bill Flynn]], with [[Phillip Boucher]], [[Christopher Prophet]] and [[Mike Richard]]. Lighting and stage management by [[Donald Fuller]].
 == Sources ==