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| − | ''The Sea my Winding Sheet'' is a radio play by [[Douglas Livingstone]]. A wry reworking of | + | ''The Sea my Winding Sheet'' is a radio play by [[Douglas Livingstone]]. A wry reworking of Luis De Camoens’s epic poem ''The Lusiads'', about the Adamastor myth, through which Livingstone parodies the European-African encounter. Broadcast 1963, it was awarded BBC/Federal Broadcasting Corporation Prize 1963. |
It was first staged in 1970/71*? by the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] of the University of Natal, under the direction of [[Pieter Scholtz]]. | It was first staged in 1970/71*? by the [[Theatre Workshop Company]] of the University of Natal, under the direction of [[Pieter Scholtz]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:26, 20 November 2015
The Sea my Winding Sheet is a radio play by Douglas Livingstone. A wry reworking of Luis De Camoens’s epic poem The Lusiads, about the Adamastor myth, through which Livingstone parodies the European-African encounter. Broadcast 1963, it was awarded BBC/Federal Broadcasting Corporation Prize 1963.
It was first staged in 1970/71*? by the Theatre Workshop Company of the University of Natal, under the direction of Pieter Scholtz.
Published in Theatre One, edited by Stephen Gray, 1978. (See Gosher, 1988).
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