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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play for five female performers, set at the bedside of a dying woman, it is an adaptation of a theme from the biography of Bertrand Russell, as written by Ray Monk (''The Ghost of Madness 1921-1970'').  
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A play for five female performers, set at the bedside of a dying woman, it is an adaptation of a theme from 'The Ghost of Madness 1921-1970'' (2000), Ray Monk's biography of Bertrand Russell.  
  
A copy of the typed text, probably written as a writing exercise for a playwriting course at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s archives in 2022.  
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A copy of the typed text, probably written as a writing exercise for a playwriting course at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s archives in 2022.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:42, 2 April 2023

Wie de Hel is Bertie? ("Who the hell is Bertie?") is an Afrikaans short play by Frieda van den Heever.

The original text

A play for five female performers, set at the bedside of a dying woman, it is an adaptation of a theme from 'The Ghost of Madness 1921-1970 (2000), Ray Monk's biography of Bertrand Russell.

A copy of the typed text, probably written as a writing exercise for a playwriting course at the University of Stellenbosch, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's archives in 2022.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Text of the play, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's archives in 2022.


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