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| − | A psychodrama about bullying in a girl's residence at school, the play was first written as a one-act version for performance at the [[ATKV]] [[Kampustoneel]] playwriting festival in Pretoria, where it was received with high accolades. It was later expanded into a full-length version, performed professionally since. | + | A mesmerizing psychodrama about bullying in a girl's residence at school, the play was first written as a one-act version for performance at the [[ATKV]] [[Kampustoneel]] playwriting festival in Pretoria, where it was received with high accolades. It was later expanded into a full-length version, performed professionally as well as by drama departments and schools since. |
The text published by [[DALRO]]. | The text published by [[DALRO]]. | ||
Revision as of 06:07, 23 June 2022
Kinderspeletjies ("Children’s games") is a play by Marietjie Pretorius ().
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The original text
A mesmerizing psychodrama about bullying in a girl's residence at school, the play was first written as a one-act version for performance at the ATKV Kampustoneel playwriting festival in Pretoria, where it was received with high accolades. It was later expanded into a full-length version, performed professionally as well as by drama departments and schools since.
The text published by DALRO.
Translations and adaptations
The play was adapted by Kobus Strydom for performance in 2015.
Performance history in South Africa
Among the many productions of the play, have been:
198*: Performed at the Kampustoneel festival by ,
1987: PACOFS 1987, directed by Gerrit Schoonhoven with Marjorie Nortje, Elzette Maarschalk, Michele Burgers.
1992: Presented by the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department in the Libertas Theatre in May 1992, directed by Juanita Swanepoel, assisted by Erik de Waal. The cast were Tosca Kolver (Tosca Korver?), Jeanne van Schoor, Winnie Rust, Clarinda Steenhuisen and Monica du Toit.
2015: Performed by second year students in the Drama Department of the University of the Free State in the Scaena Theatre, using an adapted version by Kobus Strydom, directed by Gerben Kamper.
Sources
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
Theatre programme, 1992
Facebook entry, UFS Faculty of Arts - 2015[1]
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