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''[[Water Tables]]'' is an English play in four scenes by [[Marcelle Olivier]] ()
 
''[[Water Tables]]'' is an English play in four scenes by [[Marcelle Olivier]] ()
  
An initial version also bears the alternative title of ''[[Vrystaat Gothic]]''. ('''Not to be confused with the English collection called '''[[African Gothic]]''' by [[Reza de Wet]], though it bears some resemblances to that play.'')  
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An initial version also bears the alternative title of ''[[Vrystaat Gothic]]''. ('''Not to be confused with the English collection the one of the plays in the collection.'')  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Latest revision as of 06:33, 23 August 2025

Water Tables is an English play in four scenes by Marcelle Olivier ()

An initial version also bears the alternative title of Vrystaat Gothic. ('Not to be confused with the English collection the one of the plays in the collection.)

The original text

A set in 1990 the play in four scenes is about family relationships, a struggling farm, receding water tables and an unscrupulous mining company.

Written as an exercise for a playwriting course at the Stellenbosch Drama Department. A handwritten note in the typed text identifies it as the "first final draft" used for a playreading during the course.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

The text of the play, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022. 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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