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''[[Insomnia]]'' is a short play by [[Mike van Graan]] (1959-).
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
Based on Van Graan's commissioned work for De Appel, ''[[Odysseus van Holland]]'',  ''[[Insomnia]]'' is an abbreviated version of the piece that tells of the results of taking paraldehyde, a sedative the protagonist took because he suffered from insomnia after he had been injured in a railway accident.
 
 
 
Directed by David Geysen with students from South African and Dutch theatre schools, under the auspices of the ''08 Feest'' of the  [[Toneelgroep De Appel]][https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toneelgroep_De_Appel] in Den Haag, the shorter piece was first performed at the ''08 Feest'' on 7 June,  2008 as ''[[Insomnia]]''.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
2008: ''[[Insomnia]]'' was  performed  at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town, as part of a trilogy of short experimental plays (along with ''[[Guests]]'' by Wannie de Wijn and ''[[Power]]'' by [[Jaco Bouwer]]). Thereafter Also done at the ''[[National Arts Festival]]'' in Grahamstown and at the ''[[969 Festival]]'' in Braamfontein. ''[[Insomnia]]'' was directed by [[David Geysen]] and the soundtrack by [[David Geysen]] and [[Carl Beukman]].
 
 
 
==Performance abroad==
 
 
 
''[[Insomnia]]'' was at the ''De Appel Festival'' in Den Haag in 2008.
 
 
 
==Sources==
 
 
 
Video by Alain Pringels of a rehearsal of ''[[Odysseus van Holland]]''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMUWq9R6tsY].
 
 
 
[[Beeld]], 18 June 2008.
 
 
 
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Revision as of 07:04, 27 February 2022

Mike van Graan ...was also performed there as well as at the KKNK festival of 2008. Insomnia, Power and Guests were performed in one night as short 6 KB (911 words) - 16:19, 24 February 2022 Jaco Bouwer Insomnia, Power and Guests were performed in one night as short 3 KB (402 words) - 14:09, 25 February 2022 Grafton Williams ...result of taking paraldehyde, a sedative he took because he suffered from insomnia after he had been injured in a railway accident. A newspaper reporting on 4 KB (547 words) - 21:22, 29 July 2020