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There are two plays called ''[[Love Letters]]'', one American, one South African. | There are two plays called ''[[Love Letters]]'', one American, one South African. | ||
| − | = '''''Love Letters''''' by A.R. Gurney (1991) | + | = '''''Love Letters''''' by A.R. Gurney (1991) = |
| − | Written by American playwright, novelist and academic A.R. Gurney (1930-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Gurney], the play chronicles the life-long relationship of a man and a woman | + | Written by American playwright, novelist and academic A.R. Gurney (1930-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Gurney], the play chronicles the life-long relationship of a man and a woman - Andrew and Melissa - as reflected in their correspondence over six decades. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] and adapted for radio as ''[[Kysbriewe]]'' by [[Eben Cruywagen]] in 2024. | ||
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| + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] and adapted for South African audiences as ''[[Liefdesbriewe]]'' by [[Elsabé Zietsman]] in 2024. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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2024: Performed at [[The Drama Factory]] in Somerset West on 1 and 2 June, directed by [[Celia Musikanth]] with [[David Muller]] and [[Suzie Gehr]]. | 2024: Performed at [[The Drama Factory]] in Somerset West on 1 and 2 June, directed by [[Celia Musikanth]] with [[David Muller]] and [[Suzie Gehr]]. | ||
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| + | 2024: The Afrikaans radio version, ''[[Kysbriewe]]'', broadcast on [[RSG]] on 28 December, directed by [[Eben Cruywagen]] with [[Johann Nel]], [[Juanita Swanepoel]] and [[Ronel Geldenhuys]]. | ||
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| + | 2025: The Afrikaans version performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Liefdesbriewe]]'' by [[Drama Drama Productions]] at the ''[[KKNK Festival]]'' in Oudtshoorn on 2. 3 nd 5 April, directed by [[André Odendaal]] with [[Elsabé Zietsman]] and [[Arnold Vosloo]]. Also scheduled for the [[Suidoosterfees]] in Cape Town and other [[festivals]]. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Letters_(play). | ||
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| + | ''[[Love Letters]]'' theatre programme, 1992. | ||
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| + | "Hot line-upfor chilly evenings", ''[[Bolander]]'' 29 May, 2024: P. 11. | ||
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| + | [[Die Burger]], 5 October 2024: p.6. | ||
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| + | "Elsabé alte intiem in die Klein-Karoo", ''[[Die Burger]]'' 22 January, 2025: p. 8 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
= '''''Love Letters''''' by [[Zakes Mda]] (1995)= | = '''''Love Letters''''' by [[Zakes Mda]] (1995)= | ||
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1995: First performed by the [[Windybrow Centre for the Arts]] to tour schools in the Transvaal, directed by Mda. | 1995: First performed by the [[Windybrow Centre for the Arts]] to tour schools in the Transvaal, directed by Mda. | ||
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:18, 5 February 2025
There are two plays called Love Letters, one American, one South African.
Contents
Love Letters by A.R. Gurney (1991)
Written by American playwright, novelist and academic A.R. Gurney (1930-)[1], the play chronicles the life-long relationship of a man and a woman - Andrew and Melissa - as reflected in their correspondence over six decades.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans and adapted for radio as Kysbriewe by Eben Cruywagen in 2024.
Translated into Afrikaans and adapted for South African audiences as Liefdesbriewe by Elsabé Zietsman in 2024.
Performance history in South Africa
1991: Produced by Pieter Toerien and directed by Janice Honeyman, with Jana Cilliers as Melissa Gardner and Sean Taylor as Andrew Makepeace Ladd. Lighting and set design by Jannie Swanepoel and costumes by Colleen Moabelo. production opened at the Richard Haines Theatre 27 September 1991.
1992: The Toerien production opened at the Theatre on the Bay on 15 January, with the same cast.
2024: Performed at The Drama Factory in Somerset West on 1 and 2 June, directed by Celia Musikanth with David Muller and Suzie Gehr.
2024: The Afrikaans radio version, Kysbriewe, broadcast on RSG on 28 December, directed by Eben Cruywagen with Johann Nel, Juanita Swanepoel and Ronel Geldenhuys.
2025: The Afrikaans version performed in Afrikaans as Liefdesbriewe by Drama Drama Productions at the KKNK Festival in Oudtshoorn on 2. 3 nd 5 April, directed by André Odendaal with Elsabé Zietsman and Arnold Vosloo. Also scheduled for the Suidoosterfees in Cape Town and other festivals.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Letters_(play).
Love Letters theatre programme, 1992.
"Hot line-upfor chilly evenings", Bolander 29 May, 2024: P. 11.
Die Burger, 5 October 2024: p.6.
"Elsabé alte intiem in die Klein-Karoo", Die Burger 22 January, 2025: p. 8
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Love Letters by Zakes Mda (1995)
A commissioned children’s play written by Zakes Mda (1948-) for the National Cultural History Museum. The title of the play refers to the age-old tradition of young men and women giving each other beads as love letters.
First published in 1998 in the collection Let Us Play (edited by Zakes Mda, Johannesburg: Vivlia Publishers [2]) .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1995: First performed by the Windybrow Centre for the Arts to tour schools in the Transvaal, directed by Mda.
Sources
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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