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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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Die wind sal nooit weer ophou waai nie word in 2002 by die Volksblad-Kunstefees in Bloemfontein opgevoer. Dit is ’n drama oor gestremdes, waar sommige van die rolle dan ook deur gestremdes gespeel is. Hierdie mense se stryd om hulle gestremdheid te verwerk en menswaardig tot die samelewing by te dra is die tema, terwyl vergrype teen hierdie mense, ook die verkragting van veral swart vroue met liggaamlike gestremdhede, ook aangespreek word.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 16:28, 20 July 2022

Gina/Gezina is a one-act play by Peter Baxter

The original text

A stage adaptation of Gezina en die Bruin Wind ("Gezina and the brown wind"), a story about the Boer War and its impact on women and children, written by Maretha Maartens (Haum-Literêr, 1985. Apparently translated into English by Anna Jonker as Ring Around the Moon, published in 1978).

A copy of the typed text is held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.

Performance history in South Africa

Die wind sal nooit weer ophou waai nie word in 2002 by die Volksblad-Kunstefees in Bloemfontein opgevoer. Dit is ’n drama oor gestremdes, waar sommige van die rolle dan ook deur gestremdes gespeel is. Hierdie mense se stryd om hulle gestremdheid te verwerk en menswaardig tot die samelewing by te dra is die tema, terwyl vergrype teen hierdie mense, ook die verkragting van veral swart vroue met liggaamlike gestremdhede, ook aangespreek word.

Sources

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4481899-gezina-en-die-bruin-wind

The text of the typed text of Gina/Gezina, held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.

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