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Specifically regarding theatre, there have been publications as well as plays and films. | Specifically regarding theatre, there have been publications as well as plays and films. | ||
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Trek is primarily an Afrikaans word, though also found in English writing, meaning either "pull", "move house" or "move away", and has been used in various ways in South Africa.
In the last sense it is perhaps remembered best for the so-called Great Trek ("Groot Trek") of 1838, which refers to the exodus of numerous Boer families (referred to as Voortrekkers, i.e.. "leading trekkers") who fled the British colony of the Cape, to seek new homes in the hinterland. (See the entry on Great Trek)
Specifically regarding theatre, there have been publications as well as plays and films.
Not to be confused with the American film Trek: The Movie (2018)[1]
Contents
Trek - the arts journal
Published fortnightly in Afrikaans and English, containing articles on politics, economic affairs, art and literature. Published in Cape Town by Independent Publ. Co., 1939-1952. From 1939 to 1944 Jacques Malan was the editor.
Subtitle varies: "The family magazine for all South Africans, 1939- ; "A critical monthly review," -December 1949; "A South African literary monthly," January 1950-
Sources
SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
Article by John Kannemeyer published in Die Burger, 16 February 2008.
Trek by Gaerin Hauptfleisch and Strijdom van der Merwe
Trek is site-specific[2] environmental performance piece by Gaerin Hauptfleisch (text) and Strijdom van der Merwe (design and installations).
The title in the piece refers to the various meaning of the Afrikaans word "trek", i.e. "pull" (as opposed to "push"), "move away", "move house", even "travel to new worlds" (as in "pioneer"), etc. Dealing with issues of the new South Africa,
Devised for specific production in the open air at the old motor racing track outside Oudtshoorn, and performed at the KKNK in 2006.
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaerin_Hauptfleisch
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strijdom_van_der_Merwe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site-specific_theatre
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