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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Late 1970s/: Staged at the [[Little Theatre]], Cape Town
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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]].
 
1987: Performed by [[Linda Pienaar]] at the Drama Department, [[Stellenbosch University]], directed by [[Johann van Heerden]].
  
 
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== Sources ==
=''[[ 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)
 
Theatre programme for the production of [[Ian Ferguson]]'s ''[[Falstaff]]'' (1984)

Revision as of 06:28, 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.

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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