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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 2008: First performed at the [[Aardklop]] festival in Potchefstroom, directed and designed by [[Marthinus Basson]] starring [[Antoinette Kellermann]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] and [[Mary Dreyer]] The production won the [[Anglo-Gold Ashanti Smeltkroes Prys]] for the text and the [[Beeld Plus Aardvarkprys]] for best design. | + | 2008: First performed at the [[Aardklop]] festival in Potchefstroom, directed and designed by [[Marthinus Basson]] starring [[Antoinette Kellermann]], [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]] and [[Mary Dreyer]] (as Aunt Celeste). The production won the [[Anglo-Gold Ashanti Smeltkroes Prys]] for the text and the [[Beeld Plus Aardvarkprys]] for best design. |
| − | 2009: The production played at the [[Woordfees]] and [[KKNK]]. | + | 2009: The production played at the [[Woordfees]] and [[KKNK]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Latest revision as of 10:47, 7 September 2019
Blou Uur ("Blue Hour") is a full length play by Reza de Wet.
Contents
The original text
A dream-based play about reminiscence and regrets, it was originally written as a bilingual narrative, in English and Afrikaans, but first performed as an Afrikaans text in 2008, and was published by Maskew Miller Longman in 2009, with an introduction by Temple Hauptfleisch entitled Die Dramaturg as Dromer ("The dramatist as dreamer").
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2008: First performed at the Aardklop festival in Potchefstroom, directed and designed by Marthinus Basson starring Antoinette Kellermann, Aletta Bezuidenhout and Mary Dreyer (as Aunt Celeste). The production won the Anglo-Gold Ashanti Smeltkroes Prys for the text and the Beeld Plus Aardvarkprys for best design.
2009: The production played at the Woordfees and KKNK.
Sources
Temple Hauptfleisch 2009 Die Dramaturg as Dromer in Blou Uur (Cape Town: Maskew Miller Longman, pp. vi-xxiv)
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