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| − | [Lit. “The Plumed Seed is Wafted Far”] by [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]]. | + | #REDIRECT [[Die Pluimsaad Waai Vêr]] |
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| − | The play focussed on a reinterpretation of the [[South African War|Anglo-Boer War]] and the notion of an [[Afrikaner]] Nation. The fact that the play asks “what is a nation?” led to a direct confrontation with [[H.F Verwoerd]] and significantly broadened the growing split between the government and the more liberal Afrikaner writers.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Published as ''Die pluimsaad waai ver, of, Bitter begin'' by Human & Rousseau, 1972.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | A play commissioned by the [[PACT|Performing Arts Council for the Transvaal]] for the first [[Republic Festival]] in 1966. Directed by [[Truida Louw]], with [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] as the narrator.
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| − | [[PACOFS]] 1967, directed by [[Joey de Koker]] with [[Maria Bosman]] and [[Johan Botha]].
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| − | In 1969 the Drama Department of the [[Stellenbosch University]], in association with [[CAPAB]] presented the play in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] and the [[Bellville Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]], with [[Babs Laker]], [[Tommie Smit]], [[Pieter Bredenkamp]], [[Herman Pretorius|Hermann Pretorius]], [[Gerhard Roux]], [[Charles Fryer]], [[Michael Stewart]], [[Fred le Roux]], [[Annelize van der Rijst]], [[Johan Esterhuizen]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Stellenbosch University Library catalogue
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 P|P]] in Plays I Original SA Plays
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
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| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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