Difference between revisions of "You Can Make a Difference"
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| − | Seeming to have been inspired by [[Peter Snyders]]'s [[Afrikaans]] poem ''Ek is oek important'' ("I am also important") and featuring a Boy, a Girl, four Rappers and a Cleaner, and a number of Demonstrators, the play addresses the need to do something about cleaning up the environment, instead of just talking or demonstrating about it. | + | Seeming to have been inspired by [[Peter Snyders]]'s [[Afrikaans]] poem ''Ek is oek important'' ("I am also important") and featuring a Boy, a Girl, four Rappers and a Cleaner, and a number of Demonstrators, the play addresses the need to do something about cleaning up the environment, instead of just talking or demonstrating about it. |
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| − | Copy of the typed text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. | + | Copy of the typed text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022 and now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:47, 31 August 2025
You Can Make a Difference is a short environmental play by an anonymous author.
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The original text
Seeming to have been inspired by Peter Snyders's Afrikaans poem Ek is oek important ("I am also important") and featuring a Boy, a Girl, four Rappers and a Cleaner, and a number of Demonstrators, the play addresses the need to do something about cleaning up the environment, instead of just talking or demonstrating about it.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
An annotated copy of the typed text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives, contains commentary notes in pencil on the performers and the performance. Appearing to be notes by an adjudicator, they suggest that the piece was written for a youth drama event of some kind.
Sources
Copy of the typed text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022 and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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