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Written in verse, the play is set in 1487 and tells of the epic voyages of Bartolomeu Dias[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias], the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa. Written in unrhymed verse, the work is lyrical in essence rather than strictly dramatic. | Written in verse, the play is set in 1487 and tells of the epic voyages of Bartolomeu Dias[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias], the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa. Written in unrhymed verse, the work is lyrical in essence rather than strictly dramatic. | ||
| − | The text first published by [[Nasboek]] in | + | The text first performed in 1952 and the text published by [[Nasboek]] in the same year. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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Dias is a radio drama by N.P. van Wyk Louw ().
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Written in verse, the play is set in 1487 and tells of the epic voyages of Bartolomeu Dias[1], the first European navigator to round the southern tip of Africa. Written in unrhymed verse, the work is lyrical in essence rather than strictly dramatic.
The text first performed in 1952 and the text published by Nasboek in the same year.
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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._P._van_Wyk_Louw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_Dias
The Cape Times, 31 March 1988.
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