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| − | Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 D|D]] | + | A trilogy of two-handers, ''[[Happily Ever After]]'', ''[[Sisters]]'' and ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' by [[Mike van Graan]] (1996). |
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| + | ==Original text== | ||
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| + | ===Happily Ever After=== | ||
| + | The playlet explores how an activist takes up a senior position in government and loses his zeal for the principles he once fought for. | ||
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| + | ===Sisters=== | ||
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| + | (Van Heerden, 2008, has the title of this second piece as ''[[Respect Me in the Morning]]'': a middle-class white woman has a post-coitus conversation with an Indian man she had picked up for a one-night stand experimenting with the new South Africa freedom of sexual association). | ||
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| + | On Mike van Graan's site, he lists the second play as ''[[Sisters]]'': The play features the characters Raj and Sue who meet in a restaurant in a city other than their own. They have a one-night stand, and afterwards discover that they happen to be in town for the same reason: to attend a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing that will reveal the truth about who planted the bomb in the shopping mall that killed Sue’s sister more than a decade before. The theme explored in this piece is whether truth necessarily leads to reconciliation or could truth actually result in alienation rather than reconciliation. | ||
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| + | ===Thabo for Thabo=== | ||
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| + | The playlet juxtaposes the violence of apartheid against the violence of crime, and the respective responses of individuals who experience that violence. | ||
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| + | ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' has since been extended into a full-length play, ''[[Some Mothers' Sons]]''. This came about as the result of ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'' being staged as a reading in Rotterdam in 1999, after which the actors requested that the playlet be developed into a full-length piece. Six years later, Van Graan did this and entered it into the NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing in 2005. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | 1996: Premièred on the Fringe of the [[Festival]] in July 1996, directed by [[Jay Pather]], with [[Bheki Mkhwane]] (Bongi and Vusi), [[Ashley Dowds]] (Tony and Steve), [[Robin Singh]] (Raj) and [[Ashleigh Tobias]] (Sue). | ||
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| + | After its premiere at the [[National Arts Festival]], the script was substantially developed. | ||
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| + | 1997/1998: Played in [[The Playhouse]] in Durban in October 1997, at PACOFS in December 1997, the [[Civic Theatre]] in Jan/Feb 1998, Western Cape Schools Festival in March 1998 and the [[KKNK]] in April 1998, directed by [[Jay Pather]], with [[Lindelani Buthelezi]] (Bongi and Vusi), [[Dan Robbertse]] (Tony and Steve), [[Strini Pillay]] (Raj) and [[Ashleigh Tobias]] (Sue). | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Awards == | ||
| + | [[Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best New Script (1998). | ||
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| + | Dinner Talk was one of four new South African plays staged as readings at the Young Vic in London from 27 February-13 March 2002. The reading was directed by [[Charles Fourie]]. | ||
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| + | ''[[Thabo for Thabo]]'', the third part of the trilogy, is included in a celebration of Nadine Gordimer, A Writing Life: Celebrating Nadine Gordimer, edited by Andries Oliphant. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | http://www.mikevangraan.co.za/plays/drama/dinner-talk-1996 | ||
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| + | See: [Van Heerden (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms]. p 155. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:30, 2 June 2025
A trilogy of two-handers, Happily Ever After, Sisters and Thabo for Thabo by Mike van Graan (1996).
Contents
Original text
Happily Ever After
The playlet explores how an activist takes up a senior position in government and loses his zeal for the principles he once fought for.
Sisters
(Van Heerden, 2008, has the title of this second piece as Respect Me in the Morning: a middle-class white woman has a post-coitus conversation with an Indian man she had picked up for a one-night stand experimenting with the new South Africa freedom of sexual association).
On Mike van Graan's site, he lists the second play as Sisters: The play features the characters Raj and Sue who meet in a restaurant in a city other than their own. They have a one-night stand, and afterwards discover that they happen to be in town for the same reason: to attend a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing that will reveal the truth about who planted the bomb in the shopping mall that killed Sue’s sister more than a decade before. The theme explored in this piece is whether truth necessarily leads to reconciliation or could truth actually result in alienation rather than reconciliation.
Thabo for Thabo
The playlet juxtaposes the violence of apartheid against the violence of crime, and the respective responses of individuals who experience that violence.
Thabo for Thabo has since been extended into a full-length play, Some Mothers' Sons. This came about as the result of Thabo for Thabo being staged as a reading in Rotterdam in 1999, after which the actors requested that the playlet be developed into a full-length piece. Six years later, Van Graan did this and entered it into the NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing in 2005.
Performance history in South Africa
1996: Premièred on the Fringe of the Festival in July 1996, directed by Jay Pather, with Bheki Mkhwane (Bongi and Vusi), Ashley Dowds (Tony and Steve), Robin Singh (Raj) and Ashleigh Tobias (Sue).
After its premiere at the National Arts Festival, the script was substantially developed.
1997/1998: Played in The Playhouse in Durban in October 1997, at PACOFS in December 1997, the Civic Theatre in Jan/Feb 1998, Western Cape Schools Festival in March 1998 and the KKNK in April 1998, directed by Jay Pather, with Lindelani Buthelezi (Bongi and Vusi), Dan Robbertse (Tony and Steve), Strini Pillay (Raj) and Ashleigh Tobias (Sue).
Translations and adaptations
Awards
Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Script (1998).
Dinner Talk was one of four new South African plays staged as readings at the Young Vic in London from 27 February-13 March 2002. The reading was directed by Charles Fourie.
Thabo for Thabo, the third part of the trilogy, is included in a celebration of Nadine Gordimer, A Writing Life: Celebrating Nadine Gordimer, edited by Andries Oliphant.
Sources
http://www.mikevangraan.co.za/plays/drama/dinner-talk-1996
See: [Van Heerden (2008)][1]. p 155.
https://mikevangraan.co.za/plays/dinner-talk
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