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| − | + | A play about water: the search for it, our dependence on it, and the realization that it is a provider of life in so many concrete and metaphorical ways. In the piece Bekker then traces the similarities between a water drilling rig and a typewriter, the first searches for water in a direct way, the second gives indirectly, by means of the word. And both are achieved through old machines: a classic Olympia typewriter and a Star drilling machine... | |
| − | First broadcast in [[Radioteater]] on [[RSG]] in October 2016. | + | First broadcast in [[Radioteater]] on [[RSG]] in October 2016. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:06, 24 May 2024
Die Tikmasjien ("The typewriter") is a radio drama by Pirow Bekker (1935-).
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The original text
A play about water: the search for it, our dependence on it, and the realization that it is a provider of life in so many concrete and metaphorical ways. In the piece Bekker then traces the similarities between a water drilling rig and a typewriter, the first searches for water in a direct way, the second gives indirectly, by means of the word. And both are achieved through old machines: a classic Olympia typewriter and a Star drilling machine...
First broadcast in Radioteater on RSG in October 2016.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.litnet.co.za/pirow-bekker-1935/
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