Difference between revisions of "Die Skandaal"
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| − | by [[Deon Opperman]] and [[Lizz Meiring]]. | + | ''Die Skandaal'', written and adapted by [[Deon Opperman]] and [[Lizz Meiring]], using ''The Country Wife'' by Wycherley and ''The School for Scandal'' by Sheridan as source texts. The play is set in the present in a security complex in Centurion. It is a comedy about middle-class Afrikaans society, as the body-corporate members of a block of flates squabble, lie, cheat and adulterise while trying hard to keep up a facade of resepectability. |
| − | + | == Performance history in South Africa == | |
| + | Directed by Opperman for its performance at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in 1997, starring [[André Odendaal]], [[Hannes Muller]], [[Lizz Meiring]], [[Eric Nobbs]], [[Susan Danford]], [[David Clatworthy]], [[Wilmien Rossouw]], [[Stephen Jennings]]. Set designed by [[James Macnamara]], costumes by [[Thomas Thompson]]. | ||
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| − | + | ==Translations and adaptations== | |
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | National Arts Festival programme, 1997 | ||
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| + | ''Cape Times'' 22 December 1997. | ||
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| + | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 S|S]] in Plays I Original SA Plays | ||
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Revision as of 15:00, 2 June 2014
Die Skandaal, written and adapted by Deon Opperman and Lizz Meiring, using The Country Wife by Wycherley and The School for Scandal by Sheridan as source texts. The play is set in the present in a security complex in Centurion. It is a comedy about middle-class Afrikaans society, as the body-corporate members of a block of flates squabble, lie, cheat and adulterise while trying hard to keep up a facade of resepectability.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Opperman for its performance at the Grahamstown Festival and the Nico Malan Theatre in 1997, starring André Odendaal, Hannes Muller, Lizz Meiring, Eric Nobbs, Susan Danford, David Clatworthy, Wilmien Rossouw, Stephen Jennings. Set designed by James Macnamara, costumes by Thomas Thompson.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
National Arts Festival programme, 1997
Cape Times 22 December 1997.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to S in Plays I Original SA Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
