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| − | A play dealing with one day in the lives of three slave women, kept as courtesans in the Castle in Cape Town in 1795, during the battle of Muizenberg. As is often the case with De Wet, with her fondness for early English and Afrikaans writing, there are literary echoes in the play, in this case the setting and approach appear to pay homage to [[C. Louis Leipoldt]]'s superb one-act play ''[[Die Heks]]'' (1923). | + | A play dealing with one day in the lives of three slave women, kept as courtesans in the Castle in Cape Town in 1795, during the battle of Muizenberg. As is often the case with De Wet, with her fondness for early English and [[Afrikaans]] writing, there are literary echoes in the play, in this case the setting and approach appear to pay homage to [[C. Louis Leipoldt]]'s superb one-act play ''[[Die Heks]]'' (1923). |
Written in 2010-11, and published in 2011 by [[Protea Boekhuis]] | Written in 2010-11, and published in 2011 by [[Protea Boekhuis]] | ||
Revision as of 06:59, 27 June 2018
Die See ("The Sea") is an Afrikaans play by Reza de Wet (1952-2012).
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The original text
A play dealing with one day in the lives of three slave women, kept as courtesans in the Castle in Cape Town in 1795, during the battle of Muizenberg. As is often the case with De Wet, with her fondness for early English and Afrikaans writing, there are literary echoes in the play, in this case the setting and approach appear to pay homage to C. Louis Leipoldt's superb one-act play Die Heks (1923).
Written in 2010-11, and published in 2011 by Protea Boekhuis
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2011: First performed on 2 April, 2011 in the Laerskool Van Reedesaal at the KKNK festival in Oudtshoorn, directed by Lindsay Reardon with Reza de Wet, Annelisa Weiland and Chiminae Ball.
This was De Wet's first (and last) live appearance on stage for 20 years.
Sources
Reza de Wet. 2011. Die See. Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet
Danie Stander. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for KKNK Festival, 2017[1]
Johan Coetser. 2014. "Die See (2011) deur Reza de Wet: 'n Slawedrama?". Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe, Vol 52 (2): 235-247.
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