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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play in four scenes about family relationships and the relationship to land.   
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A play in four scenes about family relationships, a struggling farm  and an unscrupulous mining company.   
  
Written as an exercise for a playwriting course at the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]. A handwritten note in the typed text identifies it as the "first final draft" used for a playreading during the course.  
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Written as an exercise for a playwriting course at the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]. A handwritten note in the typed text identifies it as the "first final draft" used for a playreading during the course.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:03, 26 March 2023

Water Tables is a play in four scenes by Marcelle Olivier ()

The original text

A play in four scenes about family relationships, a struggling farm and an unscrupulous mining company.

Written as an exercise for a playwriting course at the Stellenbosch Drama Department. A handwritten note in the typed text identifies it as the "first final draft" used for a playreading during the course.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

The text of the play, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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