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| − | by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. A bilingual play which takes a futuristic look at a nightmare South Africa, providing a dark and perssimistic look at a family of Afrikaner women besieged during a projected civil war. First performed in the | + | by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. A bilingual play which takes a futuristic look at a nightmare South Africa, providing a dark and perssimistic look at a family of Afrikaner women besieged during a projected civil war. A play about what might have happened under apartheid. |
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| + | == The original text == | ||
| + | First published in ''[[Theatre One]]'' (ed [[Stephen Gray]]) by [[Ad Donker]], 1981. Also published in ''[[Paradise is Closing Down and other Plays]]'' by [[Penguin]]. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | First performed in the [[Outer Space]] (Cape Town) in 1975 directed and designed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], with [[Christine Basson]], [[Blaise Koch]], [[Lynne Maree]], [[Maralin Vanrenen]] and [[Esther van Ryswyk]]. Lighting by [[Brian Astbury]] and stage managent by [[Richard Morrison]] and [[Vincent Ebrahim]]. | ||
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| + | Also performed [[Upstairs at the Market]] Theatre in 1976 with [[Christine Basson]], [[Lynne Maree]], [[Michele Maxwell]], [[Wilma Stockenström]], [[Blaise Koch]] – Directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. | ||
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| + | Presented by [[Syrkel Theatre Compnay]] in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, 1975/1976. | ||
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| + | 1979 [[La Mama NYC]]: [[Maggie Soboil]], [[Lizette Lecat]], [[Madeleine le Roux]], [[Christina Avis-Krauss]], [[Joel Rooks]] – dir: [[Mavis Taylor]]. | ||
Staged, together with ''[[Karnaval]]'' and ''[[Paradise is Closing Down]]'' (''"The Cape Town Trilogy"''), in July 1995 by the newly formed [[A Company of Actors]] in the [[Dock Road Theatre]] and in August 1995 in the [[Youth Theatre]] at the [[Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Trix Pienaar]], [[Lynne Maree]], [[Deirdre Wolhuter]], [[Gretha Brazelle]] and [[Jonathan Pienaar]]. | Staged, together with ''[[Karnaval]]'' and ''[[Paradise is Closing Down]]'' (''"The Cape Town Trilogy"''), in July 1995 by the newly formed [[A Company of Actors]] in the [[Dock Road Theatre]] and in August 1995 in the [[Youth Theatre]] at the [[Civic Theatre]], directed by [[Mark Graham]], with [[Trix Pienaar]], [[Lynne Maree]], [[Deirdre Wolhuter]], [[Gretha Brazelle]] and [[Jonathan Pienaar]]. | ||
| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | [[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979. | ||
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| + | Syrkel theatre programme, 1976. | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]] | Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:46, 11 April 2015
by Pieter-Dirk Uys. A bilingual play which takes a futuristic look at a nightmare South Africa, providing a dark and perssimistic look at a family of Afrikaner women besieged during a projected civil war. A play about what might have happened under apartheid.
Contents
The original text
First published in Theatre One (ed Stephen Gray) by Ad Donker, 1981. Also published in Paradise is Closing Down and other Plays by Penguin.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
First performed in the Outer Space (Cape Town) in 1975 directed and designed by Pieter-Dirk Uys, with Christine Basson, Blaise Koch, Lynne Maree, Maralin Vanrenen and Esther van Ryswyk. Lighting by Brian Astbury and stage managent by Richard Morrison and Vincent Ebrahim.
Also performed Upstairs at the Market Theatre in 1976 with Christine Basson, Lynne Maree, Michele Maxwell, Wilma Stockenström, Blaise Koch – Directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys.
Presented by Syrkel Theatre Compnay in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, 1975/1976.
1979 La Mama NYC: Maggie Soboil, Lizette Lecat, Madeleine le Roux, Christina Avis-Krauss, Joel Rooks – dir: Mavis Taylor.
Staged, together with Karnaval and Paradise is Closing Down ("The Cape Town Trilogy"), in July 1995 by the newly formed A Company of Actors in the Dock Road Theatre and in August 1995 in the Youth Theatre at the Civic Theatre, directed by Mark Graham, with Trix Pienaar, Lynne Maree, Deirdre Wolhuter, Gretha Brazelle and Jonathan Pienaar.
Sources
Astbury 1979.
Syrkel theatre programme, 1976.
Return to
Return to G in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to Main Page
