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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Based on his experiences as a child in Luckhoff, the play utilizes San and Khoisan mythology and a magic realist approach to look at the role of love in the small circle of a marriage.  
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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/KKNK-kompetisie]] and was the first winner of whyat became known as the [[Nagtegaalprys]], which resulted in a sponsored production at the [[KKNK]] in 2003.   
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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"]],
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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 ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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2003: First performed at the [[KKNK]], 2003, directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] with [[Brumilda van Rensburg|Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Gavin van den Berg|Gavin van den Bergh]], [[Tessa Jubber]] and [[Neels Coetzee]].
 
 
 
 
First performed at the [[KKNK]], 2003, directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] with [[Brumilda van Rensburg|Brümilda van Rensburg]], [[Gavin van den Berg|Gavin van den Bergh]] and [[Neels Coetzee]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 08:10, 8 October 2017

Koggelmanderman ("Rock-lizard man") is an Afrikaans play by Pieter Fourie.

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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