White Men with Weapons - Revision history

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Miriamt at 06:06, 12 January 2016

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 : First performed at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]] in 1995, written, performed and directed  by Coetzee himself as a 35 minute playlet under the tile ''[[Men Only]]''.
-: Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996,  was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996 & 97, and toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. [[Skip Wright]] was the lighting designer.  ''[[White Men With Weapons]]'' was staged at the [[KKNK]] in 1996.
+: Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996,  was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996 & 97, and toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. [[Skip Wright]] was the lighting designer.  ''[[White Men with Weapons]]'' was staged at the [[KKNK]] in 1996.
 : Performed in [[Afrikaans]] at the [[Gariepfees]], [[Aardklop]], etc in 2013, starring [[Gys de Villiers]], directed by [[Jaci de Villiers]].

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	== The original text ==		== The original text ==
		+	The play focuses on various stock characters in the defence force at the point in South Africa’s history, at the beginning of the 1990s, when its huge military machine was becoming obsolete as result of the unbanning of the ANC and other liberation movements.
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	First published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Vol 15/2001.		First published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Vol 15/2001.

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 == Sources ==
 [[Aardklop]] Programme 2013[http://www.cloveraardklop.co.za/]
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Da-Daz|Davis, Geoffrey V.]] 2003. pp. 318-320.
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 : First performed at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]] in 1995, written, performed and directed  by Coetzee himself as a 35 minute playlet under the tile ''[[Men Only]]''.
-: Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996, was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996 & 97, and toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. [[Skip Wright]] was the lighting designer.
+: Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996,  was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996 & 97, and toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. [[Skip Wright]] was the lighting designer.  ''[[White Men With Weapons]]'' was staged at the [[KKNK]] in 1996.
 : Performed in [[Afrikaans]] at the [[Gariepfees]], [[Aardklop]], etc in 2013, starring [[Gys de Villiers]], directed by [[Jaci de Villiers]].

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 : First performed at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]] in 1995, written, performed and directed  by Coetzee himself as a 35 minute playlet under the tile ''[[Men Only]]''.
-: Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996, was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996 & 97, and toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards.
+: Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996, was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996 & 97, and toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. [[Skip Wright]] was the lighting designer.
 : Performed in [[Afrikaans]] at the [[Gariepfees]], [[Aardklop]], etc in 2013, starring [[Gys de Villiers]], directed by [[Jaci de Villiers]].

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 == The original text ==
-First published in the [[South African Theatre Journal]] Vol 15/2001.
+First published in the ''[[South African Theatre Journal]]'' Vol 15/2001.
 == Translations ==

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-''White Men with Weapons'' is a play by [[Greig Coetzee]] (1995). An immensely popular and multiple award-winning one-man play about being white, male and in the army in South Africa.
+''[[White Men with Weapons]]'' is a play by [[Greig Coetzee]] (1995). An immensely popular and multiple award-winning one-man play about being white, male and in the army in South Africa.
 The play won the KwaZulu-Natal regional [[Vita Award]] for Best Script in 1996.
 == Performances ==
-First performed at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]] in 1995, written, performed and directed  by Coetzee himself as a 35 minute playlet under the tile ''[[Men Only]]''. Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996, was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996 & 97, and toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. First published in the [[South African Theatre Journal]] Vol 15/2001.
+: First performed at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]] in 1995, written, performed and directed  by Coetzee himself as a 35 minute playlet under the tile ''[[Men Only]]''.
-== Translations ==
+: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] at the [[Gariepfees]], [[Aardklop]], etc in 2013, starring [[Gys de Villiers]], directed by [[Jaci de Villiers]].
 == Sources ==
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 [[Aardklop]] Programme 2013[http://www.cloveraardklop.co.za/]
-See: [Van Heerden (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms]. p. 116
+See: [Van Heerden (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms]. p. 116.
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 Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 W|W]]

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−	by [[Greig Coetzee]] (1995). An immensely popular and multiple award-winning one-man play about being white, male and in the army in South Africa.	+	''White Men with Weapons'' is a play by [[Greig Coetzee]] (1995). An immensely popular and multiple award-winning one-man play about being white, male and in the army in South Africa.
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		+	The play won the KwaZulu-Natal regional [[Vita Award]] for Best Script in 1996.

	== Performances ==		== Performances ==

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 == Performances ==
-First performed at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]] in 1995, written, performed and directed  by Coetzee himself as a 35 minute playlet under the tile ''[[Men Only]]''. Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996, was staged at the [[KKNK]] in April 1996, and then toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. First published in the [[South African Theatre Journal]] Vol 15/2001.
+First performed at the [[Standard Bank National Arts Festival]] in 1995, written, performed and directed  by Coetzee himself as a 35 minute playlet under the tile ''[[Men Only]]''. Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by [[Garth Anderson]] the play opened at the [[Square Space Theatre]], at the [[University of Natal]] on 11 March 1996, was staged at the [[KKNK]] and the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 1996, and then toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. First published in the [[South African Theatre Journal]] Vol 15/2001.
 == Translations ==