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A play by [[Karen Jeynes]].
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''[[Everybody Else (is fucking perfect)]]'' is a play by [[Karen Jeynes]].
  
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Also found as '''''[[Everybody Else (is f*!ing perfect)]]'''''
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
  
 
A play about a woman who discovers her husband is gay.  
 
A play about a woman who discovers her husband is gay.  
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The play has played a number of theatres and festivals in South Africa, and has toured internationally, ''inter alia'' to the USA, Canada and Nigeria, and the text was published by [[Junkets Publisher]] in 2007.  
 
The play has played a number of theatres and festivals in South Africa, and has toured internationally, ''inter alia'' to the USA, Canada and Nigeria, and the text was published by [[Junkets Publisher]] in 2007.  
  
Performances in South Africa  
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== Translations and adaptations ==
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[Is Almal Dan Fokken Volmaak?]]''''' by [[Saartjie Botha]].
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== Performances in South Africa ==
  
 
 
  
 
2005: First performed as a rehearsed play-reading at the [[NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] in the [[Intimate Theatre]], Cape Town, directed by ** with [[Eve Szapira]], ** and **. (Won the Best Writer Award, Best Director Award and the Audience Award.)
 
2005: First performed as a rehearsed play-reading at the [[NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing]] in the [[Intimate Theatre]], Cape Town, directed by ** with [[Eve Szapira]], ** and **. (Won the Best Writer Award, Best Director Award and the Audience Award.)
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2007: Performed at the [[Sanlam Studio]], [[Baxter Theatre Centre]]
 
2007: Performed at the [[Sanlam Studio]], [[Baxter Theatre Centre]]
  
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2007: The [[Saartjie Botha|Botha]] [[Afrikaans]] translation,  ''[[Is Almal Dan Fokken Volmaak?]]'', staged, directed by [[Lara Bye]].
  
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== Sources ==
  
== Translations and adaptations ==
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Malan, Wilson and Fick. 2013. ''[[Now I Am Alone 2]]'': pp.30-33.
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Is Almal Dan Fokken Volmaak?]]'' by [[Saartjie Botha]].
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Latest revision as of 06:33, 17 August 2024

Everybody Else (is fucking perfect) is a play by Karen Jeynes.

Also found as Everybody Else (is f*!ing perfect)

The original text

A play about a woman who discovers her husband is gay.

The play has played a number of theatres and festivals in South Africa, and has toured internationally, inter alia to the USA, Canada and Nigeria, and the text was published by Junkets Publisher in 2007.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Is Almal Dan Fokken Volmaak? by Saartjie Botha.

Performances in South Africa

2005: First performed as a rehearsed play-reading at the NLDTF/PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing in the Intimate Theatre, Cape Town, directed by ** with Eve Szapira, ** and **. (Won the Best Writer Award, Best Director Award and the Audience Award.)

2005: Performed at the Actors' Centre, Johannesburg Civic Theatre.

2006: Performed at the Grahamstown Festival

2007: Performed at the Sanlam Studio, Baxter Theatre Centre

2007: The Botha Afrikaans translation, Is Almal Dan Fokken Volmaak?, staged, directed by Lara Bye.

Sources

Malan, Wilson and Fick. 2013. Now I Am Alone 2: pp.30-33.

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page