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− | Based on his experiences as a child in Luckhoff, the play utilizes San and Khoisan mythology and | + | Based on his experiences as a child in Luckhoff, the play is set in the Kalahari desert and utilizes San and Khoisan mythology in a highly symbolic and magic realist way to look at the role of love in the small circle of a marriage. |
− | Fourie submitted the text for the newly instituted [[Nagtegaal | + | Fourie submitted the text for the newly instituted [[Dirk en Reinette Nagtegaal KKNK kompetisie vir Nuutgeskrewe Verhoogtekste]] ("The Dirk and Reinette Nagtegaal KKNK competition for Newly Written Playtexts"]], |
+ | and was the first winner of what more popularly known simply as the [[Nagtegaalprys]]. This resulted in a sponsored production at the [[KKNK]] in 2003. The production did not draw much media attention at the time. | ||
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Revision as of 08:10, 8 October 2017
Koggelmanderman ("Rock-lizard man") is an Afrikaans play by Pieter Fourie.
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The original text
Based on his experiences as a child in Luckhoff, the play is set in the Kalahari desert and utilizes San and Khoisan mythology in a highly symbolic and magic realist way to look at the role of love in the small circle of a marriage.
Fourie submitted the text for the newly instituted Dirk en Reinette Nagtegaal KKNK kompetisie vir Nuutgeskrewe Verhoogtekste ("The Dirk and Reinette Nagtegaal KKNK competition for Newly Written Playtexts"]], and was the first winner of what more popularly known simply as the Nagtegaalprys. This resulted in a sponsored production at the KKNK in 2003. The production did not draw much media attention at the time.
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Performance history in South Africa
2003: First performed at the KKNK, 2003, directed by Marthinus Basson with Brümilda van Rensburg, Gavin van den Bergh, Tessa Jubber and Neels Coetzee.
Sources
Nico Luwes 2010. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [1]
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