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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
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Written as a grotesque fairytale, seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt], it was performed by the Breughel G at the .
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Written as a grotesque fairytale, seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt], the play was judged the best youth drama in [[Afrikaans]] at the annual drama festival organised by the [[Department of Education and Culture]] in the Western Cape in 1994.
  
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The text unpublished, though a typed copy was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Handwritten comments in the text suggest it is the text used by one of the judges in the . my be a play written as an exercise a playwriting course at the University. Internal evidence refers to  for the [[Breughel Teater Groep]] and suggests it may be a play written for (possibly performed) by that company, while stylistic aspects indicate that it may have been written by one of the members of the group, or even by its leader and mentor, [[Ben Dehaeck]].
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The text is unpublished, though a a copy of the typed script was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Handwritten comments in pencil suggest the text is one used by a judge for the festival.
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Received the award as best youth drama in [[Afrikaans]] at the annual drama festival organised by the [[Department of Education and Culture in the Western Cape]].
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:57, 28 April 2023

Die Wraak van Exkoningin Bobbit ("The revenge of ex-queen Bobbit") is a play by Ben Dehaeck.

Also found written Die Wraak van Ex-koningin Bobbit

The original text

Written as a grotesque fairytale, seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[1], the play was judged the best youth drama in Afrikaans at the annual drama festival organised by the Department of Education and Culture in the Western Cape in 1994.

The text is unpublished, though a a copy of the typed script was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022. Handwritten comments in pencil suggest the text is one used by a judge for the festival.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1994: Performed by the Breughel Teater Groep

Sources

Typed copy of the original text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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