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''[[Henrietta with Love]]'' is a play by [[Peter Voges]] (1937-)
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''[[Henrietta with Love]]'' is a one-woman play by [[Peter Voges]] (1937-2019).
  
  
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Set in Alicedale in Athlone round about about 1946, The play looks at the relationship between racial issues and traumatic stress disorder. Written for [[Lee-Ann van Rooi]] and performed as her first leading role, it openend at ArtsCape Arena in 2015. .  
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Set in Alicedale in Athlone round about about 1946, it deals with  the lives of a community – Alicedale in Athlone – when their shell-shocked men returned from the war in Europe and North Africa, having received no counselling.  
  
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Written for [[Lee-Ann van Rooi]] and performed as her first leading role, it opened at [[ArtsCape]] in 2015, and was nominated for a [[Standard Bank Ovation Award]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] in 2016.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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2015: Performed at the ArtsCape Arena in 2015, featuring [[Lee-Ann van Rooi]] as "Henrietta".
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2015: Performed at the [[Artscape]] Arena in 2015, featuring [[Lee-Ann van Rooi]] as "Henrietta", directed by [[Sandra Temmingh]].
  
2016: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown.  
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2016: Performed at the [[National Arts Festival]] in Grahamstown.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6231928/
 
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6231928/
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''[[Cape Argus]]'', 12 August 2015.
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[[Karen Kotze]]. 2016. "Life’s stories on stage", ''[[False Bay Echo]]''[https://www.falsebayecho.co.za/news/lifes-stories-on-stage-5221848]
  
 
[[Leletu Gxuluwe]]. 2016. "First-time playwright nominated for award", ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 6 July 2016[https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/first-time-playwright-nominated-for-award-2042395]
 
[[Leletu Gxuluwe]]. 2016. "First-time playwright nominated for award", ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 6 July 2016[https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/first-time-playwright-nominated-for-award-2042395]
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[[Athina May]]. 2018. "Rising playwright Peter Voges, started when he was 79-years-old", ''[[Cape Argus]]'', 27 August 2018[https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/life/rising-playwright-peter-voges-started-when-he-was-79-years-old-16761042]
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 15 January 2024

Henrietta with Love is a one-woman play by Peter Voges (1937-2019).


The original text

Set in Alicedale in Athlone round about about 1946, it deals with the lives of a community – Alicedale in Athlone – when their shell-shocked men returned from the war in Europe and North Africa, having received no counselling.

Written for Lee-Ann van Rooi and performed as her first leading role, it opened at ArtsCape in 2015, and was nominated for a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival in 2016.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2015: Performed at the Artscape Arena in 2015, featuring Lee-Ann van Rooi as "Henrietta", directed by Sandra Temmingh.

2016: Performed at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6231928/

Cape Argus, 12 August 2015.

Karen Kotze. 2016. "Life’s stories on stage", False Bay Echo[1]

Leletu Gxuluwe. 2016. "First-time playwright nominated for award", Cape Argus, 6 July 2016[2]

Athina May. 2018. "Rising playwright Peter Voges, started when he was 79-years-old", Cape Argus, 27 August 2018[3]

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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