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| − | [[My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies]] a play by [[Liz Meiring]]. | + | #REDIRECT[[Ellen Pakkies]] |
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | A play based on the true story of [[Ellen Pakkies]], a seemingly ordinary woman living in a notoriously violent area named Lavender Hill, in the vicinity of Cape Town, who murdered her beloved son Adam, or 'Abie' as she called him, a crystal metaphetatimine (tik) addict.
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| − | The story created an international stir in 2007 and 2008 and continued to do so for years afterwards. Two international doctorates were written about her and, besides this play, a documentary about her won film-maker Michael Duffet a South African Journalism Award and a feature film called ''[[Ellen: Die Ellen Pakkies Stories]] was released in 2018.
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| − | The bilingual play My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies, written and directed by Lizz Meiring, is coming to the Joburg Promusica Main Theatre on Friday, 4 May and Saturday, 5 May at 20:00.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 2011: Performed at [[Aardklop]] Festival in 2011, with .
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| − | 2012: Performed at the [[Joburg Promusica Theatre]] on 4 and 5 May.
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| − | https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/46510/promusica-to-stage-my-naammy-name-is-ellen-pakkies
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | [[Beeld]], 26 September 2011.
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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| − | == Return to ==
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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| − | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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| − | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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