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Written in verse, the play is set in 1487 and tells of the epic voyages of Bartolomeu Dias's[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias], the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa. | Written in verse, the play is set in 1487 and tells of the epic voyages of Bartolomeu Dias's[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias], the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa. | ||
| − | The text published by [[Nasboek]]. | + | The text published by [[Nasboek]] in 1951. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 17:00, 13 October 2026
Dias is a radio drama by N.P. van Wyk Louw ().
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The original text
Written in verse, the play is set in 1487 and tells of the epic voyages of Bartolomeu Dias's[1], the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa.
The text published by Nasboek in 1951.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1988: A stage production was produced by CAPAB in 1988, directed by Libby Daniels, featuring Chris Truter as Dias. Set designed by Dawid van Risjwijk, lighting by Skip Wright and music by Johan Cloete.
Sources
The Cape Times, 31 March 1988.
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