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''[[ Sylvia]]'' is the title of what may be two plays by South African authors. However, they are most probably referring to the same play - a work originally written by [[Ian Ferguson]] in the late 1970s and performed in the same period, then again performed by Lydia Pienaar in 1987. 
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''[[ Sylvia]]'' play by [[Ian Ferguson]]
  
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==The original text==
  
=''[[ Sylvia]]'' by [[Ian Ferguson]]=
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Originally written by [[Ian Ferguson]] in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings.
  
==The original text==
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A typed copy of the text was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
First staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town, in the late 1970s or early 1980s, according to the theatre programme for the production of Ferguson's ''[[Falstaff]]'' (1984)
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Late 1970s/: Staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town
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1987: Performed by [[Linda Pienaar]] at the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]].
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=''[[ Sylvia]]'' by [[Lydia Pienaar]]=
 
=''[[ Sylvia]]'' by [[Lydia Pienaar]]=
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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings in September 1987. A typed copy of the text is held in the Drama Department archive at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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A one-woman piece about the life and work of [[Sylvia Plath]], compiled from her writings in September 1987.  
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
First performed (probably by [[Lydia Pienaar]]) in the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]] in 1987.
 
  
 
= Sources =
 
= Sources =

Revision as of 06:27, 15 July 2025

Sylvia play by Ian Ferguson

The original text

Originally written by Ian Ferguson in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of Sylvia Plath, compiled from her writings.

A typed copy of the text was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Late 1970s/: Staged at the Little Theatre, Cape Town

1987: Performed by Linda Pienaar at the Drama Department, Stellenbosch University, directed by Johann van Heerden.


Sylvia by Lydia Pienaar

The original text

A one-woman piece about the life and work of Sylvia Plath, compiled from her writings in September 1987.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Theatre programme for the production of Ian Ferguson's Falstaff (1984)

Curriculum Vitae of Johann van Heerden (2011)

Linda Pienaar. 1987. Typed copy of Sylvia, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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