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''[[Waaihoek se Vinkel en Koljander]]'' (lit. "Windy Corner's ) is a musical comedy by [[Nico Luwes]].  
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''[[Waaihoek se Vinkel en Koljander]]'' (lit. "Windy Corner's fennel and coriander") is a musical comedy by [[Nico Luwes]].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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The play is set in Bloemfontein in aboiut 1954 and the name Waaihoek refers to an informal settlement that existed in Bloemfontein at the time, that was to be raged the following year and the people resettled under the apartheid legislation. "Vinkel en koljander" is an Afrikaans saying, basically meaning :"six of one and half a dozen of the other" - or perhaps "two peas in a pod".
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It was written in 2000-2001, with financial support of the [[National Arts Council]].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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A bound copy of the text, dated 2001, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:00, 1 May 2023

Waaihoek se Vinkel en Koljander (lit. "Windy Corner's fennel and coriander") is a musical comedy by Nico Luwes.

The original text

The play is set in Bloemfontein in aboiut 1954 and the name Waaihoek refers to an informal settlement that existed in Bloemfontein at the time, that was to be raged the following year and the people resettled under the apartheid legislation. "Vinkel en koljander" is an Afrikaans saying, basically meaning :"six of one and half a dozen of the other" - or perhaps "two peas in a pod".

It was written in 2000-2001, with financial support of the National Arts Council.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

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Sources

A bound copy of the text, dated 2001, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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