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'''''Die Pluimsaad Waai Ver''''' [Lit. “The Plumed Seed is Wafted Far”] is an [[Afrikaans]] play by [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]].
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It focuses 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 Prime Minister [[Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd|H.F. Verwoerd]]  and significantly broadened the growing split between the government and the more liberal Afrikaner writers.
 
 
 
== The original text ==
 
Published as ''Die pluimsaad waai ver, of, Bitter begin'' by Human & Rousseau, 1972.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
1966: Commissioned by the [[PACT|Performing Arts Council for the Transvaal]] for the first [[Republic Festival]]. Staged in the [[Little Theatre, Pretoria]] and the [[Brooke Theatre]] in Johannesburg, directed by [[Truida Louw]], with [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] as the narrator, [[Roelf Laubscher]] (Willem Vermaas), [[Sandra Kotze]] (Sannie Vermaas), [[Frans Kies]] (Veldkornet), [[Carel Trichardt]] (Grootvader Visser), [[Franz Marx]] (Jan Visser), [[Petru Wessels]] (Anna Visser), [[Jan Bruijns]] (Pres Steyn), [[James Norval]] (Ruiter), [[Marius Weyers]] (Pieter), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Genl Cronje), [[Louw Verwey]] (Genl de Wet), [[Thea Kirstein]] (Mev Cronje), [[Tommy van Schalkwyk]] (Kapt Wolmarans), [[Johan Botha]] (Generaal) and others. Assistant director [[Marga van Rooy]]. Decor and costumes by [[Raimond Schoop]].
 
 
 
1967: Staged by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Joey de Koker]] with [[Maria Bosman]] and [[Johan Botha]].
 
 
 
1969: Staged by the Drama Department of the [[Stellenbosch University]], in association with [[CAPAB]], 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]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
[[Stellenbosch University]] Library catalogue
 
 
 
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