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 A play about a meeting between "Oupa", a retired South African teacher/writer living in self-imposed exile in Southern California, and his grandson, "Boba", and the insights about life that result from this afternoon spent together. Dedicated to Fugard's grandson.
-[[Marianne McDonald]] (2012) suggests there was an earlier version, written in California circa 2010-2012, one that she had read and comments upon in her book, but it seems this was not performed or published at the time. The world premiere of this version took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014.
+[[Marianne McDonald]] (2012) suggests there was an earlier version, written in California circa 2010-2012, one that she had read and comments upon in her book, but it seems this was not performed or published at the time.
-Back in South Africa, Fugard reworked and extended the play for production in South Africa and later publication, now incorporating a "Prelude" by Paula Fourie, showing the author going through his scrapbooks, features actual extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.
+An adapted version then written and had its world premiere at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014.
 The world premiere of the latter version was produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] 10 - 26 July 2014.

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 [[Marianne McDonald]] (2012) suggests there was an earlier version, written in California circa 2010-2012, one that she had read and comments upon in her book, but it seems this was not performed or published at the time. The world premiere of this version took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014.
-Back in South Africa, Fugard reworked and extended the play for production in South Africa and later publication, now incorporating a "Prelude" by Paula Fourie, showing the author going through his scrapbooks,  features actual extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.
+Back in South Africa, Fugard reworked and extended the play for production in South Africa and later publication, now incorporating a "Prelude" by Paula Fourie, showing the author going through his scrapbooks, features actual extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.
-The world premiere of the latter version took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014 followed by a South African premiere at the Fuhgard Theatre.
+The world premiere of the latter version was produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] 10 - 26 July 2014.
 The text of the final, longer and amended, play was published internationally by [[Samuel French]], 2015 and in South Africa by [[Human & Rousseau]],

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 A play about a meeting between "Oupa", a retired South African teacher/writer living in self-imposed exile in Southern California, and his grandson, "Boba", and the insights about life that result from this afternoon spent together. Dedicated to Fugard's grandson.
-[[Marianne McDonald]] (2012) suggests there was an earlier version, written in California circa 2010-2012, one that she had read and comments upon in her book, but it seems this was not performed or published at the time.
+[[Marianne McDonald]] (2012) suggests there was an earlier version, written in California circa 2010-2012, one that she had read and comments upon in her book, but it seems this was not performed or published at the time. The world premiere of this version took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014.
-Back in South Africa, the play was reworked and extended for production in South Africa and later publication. Fugard finished a new version, incorporating a "Prelude" by Paula Fourie, showing the author going through his scrapbooks,  features actual extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.
+Back in South Africa, Fugard reworked and extended the play for production in South Africa and later publication, now incorporating a "Prelude" by Paula Fourie, showing the author going through his scrapbooks,  features actual extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.
 The world premiere of the latter version took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014 followed by a South African premiere at the Fuhgard Theatre.

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 == Performance history ==
-: The world premiere of the first, shorter version, directed by Gordon Edelstein, with Fugard himself in the lead role, supported by the ten-year-old twins Aiden and Dermot McMillan as "Boba" the grandson, opened at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March. Sets were by Eugene Lee; costumes by Susan Hilferty; lighting by Michael Chybowski; sound by John Gromada; production stage manager, Jason Kaiser.
+: The world premiere of the first, shorter version, directed by Gordon Edelstein, with Fugard himself in the lead role, supported by the ten-year-old twins Aiden and Dermot McMillan as "Boba" the grandson, opened at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March. Sets were by Eugene Lee; costumes by [[Susan Hilferty]]; lighting by Michael Chybowski; sound by John Gromada; production stage manager, Jason Kaiser.
-: The extended version, including [[Paula Fourie]]'s prologue, first produced in South Africa by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] 10 - 26 July 2014.  Directed by [[Athol Fugard]], with [[Athol Fugard]] and [[Marviantoz Baker]]. Co-director  [[Paula Fourie]], lighting  [[Mannie Manim]], sets and costume [[Saul Radomsky]] and sound [[James Webb]]. Stage manager, [[Elisabet Nel]], set construction [[Mark McKeown]] and AV design [[Ben du Plessis]]. This production also done in the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], Bloemfontein and  [[Barney Simon Theatre]] at The [[Market Theatre]] in association with the [[Windybrow Theatre]] 30 July to 17 August 2014.
+: The extended version, now including [[Paula Fourie]]'s prologue, was first produced in South Africa by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] 10 - 26 July 2014.  Directed by [[Athol Fugard]], with [[Athol Fugard]] and [[Marviantoz Baker]]. Co-director  [[Paula Fourie]], lighting  [[Mannie Manim]], sets and costume [[Saul Radomsky]] and sound [[James Webb]]. Stage manager, [[Elisabet Nel]], set construction [[Mark McKeown]] and AV design [[Ben du Plessis]]. This production also done in the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], Bloemfontein and  [[Barney Simon Theatre]] at The [[Market Theatre]] in association with the [[Windybrow Theatre]] 30 July to 17 August 2014.
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 [[Marianne McDonald]] (2012) suggests there was an earlier version, written in California circa 2010-2012, one that she had read and comments upon in her book, but it seems this was not performed or published at the time.
-In South Africa Fugard finished a new version, incorporating a "Prelude" by Paula Fourie, showing the author going through his scrapbooks,  features actual extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.
+Back in South Africa, the play was reworked and extended for production in South Africa and later publication. Fugard finished a new version, incorporating a "Prelude" by Paula Fourie, showing the author going through his scrapbooks,  features actual extracts from Fugard's unpublished notebooks.
-The world premiere of the original version took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014.
+The world premiere of the latter version took place at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut on 26 March 2014 followed by a South African premiere at the Fuhgard Theatre.
 The text of the final, longer and amended, play was published internationally by [[Samuel French]], 2015 and in South Africa by [[Human & Rousseau]],

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	Friends of the Fugard June 2014 Newsletter[http://thefugardtheatre.cmail2.com/t/ViewEmail/j/750B71458B21D602/8D594718563C2ABED9767B6002735221]		Friends of the Fugard June 2014 Newsletter[http://thefugardtheatre.cmail2.com/t/ViewEmail/j/750B71458B21D602/8D594718563C2ABED9767B6002735221]
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		+	[[Marianne McDonald]]. 2012. ''The Craft of Athol Fugard. Space, Time and Silence'' . Los Angeles: Murasaki Books.

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