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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
 
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A play about a woman who invites her husband's young lover for tea, and ends up killing her. So far no further information has been found about the authors or the English play.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twee Vroue]]'' by [[Merrel Petersen]] as part of a playwriting course at the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] ''circa'' 2000,  
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Twee Vroue]]'' by [[Merrel Petersen]] as part of a playwriting course at the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] ''circa'' 2000,
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Typed text of ''[[Twee Vroue]]'' by [[Merrel Petersen]], the [[Afrikaans]] translation of ''[[Two Women]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 07:19, 1 March 2023

Two Women is a one-act play by Eileen Russel and Herbert Chown.

The original text

A play about a woman who invites her husband's young lover for tea, and ends up killing her. So far no further information has been found about the authors or the English play.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Twee Vroue by Merrel Petersen as part of a playwriting course at the Stellenbosch Drama Department circa 2000,

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Typed text of Twee Vroue by Merrel Petersen, the Afrikaans translation of Two Women, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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