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(Tr as Well-without-Water or The Virgin and the Vultures) by [[Bartho Smit]]. Based on a Bernanos novella ‘’[[Sous le soleil de Satan]]’’ and set in a small South African village, the characters are representatives of religious, secular and political power, and the playwright’s exploration of their relationship with the young virgin, constitutes a virulent attack on social hypocrisy. Written 1960?*, published by Afrikaanse Pers in 1962. In 1961 it was submitted as possible opening piece for the newly built [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], but was rejected. Denied performance in South Africa for many years, it was first performed to acclaim by ‘’[[Volksteater Vertikaal]]’’ in Ghent in 1968 and toured Belgium for a year. | (Tr as Well-without-Water or The Virgin and the Vultures) by [[Bartho Smit]]. Based on a Bernanos novella ‘’[[Sous le soleil de Satan]]’’ and set in a small South African village, the characters are representatives of religious, secular and political power, and the playwright’s exploration of their relationship with the young virgin, constitutes a virulent attack on social hypocrisy. Written 1960?*, published by Afrikaanse Pers in 1962. In 1961 it was submitted as possible opening piece for the newly built [[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], but was rejected. Denied performance in South Africa for many years, it was first performed to acclaim by ‘’[[Volksteater Vertikaal]]’’ in Ghent in 1968 and toured Belgium for a year. | ||
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Om 24 March 1971 the play was presented in an English translation by [[Anthony Dawes]] as '' [[The Virgin and the Vultures]]'' by the amateur dramatic society of the Johannesburg College of Education under the direction of [[Joey de Koker]]. | Om 24 March 1971 the play was presented in an English translation by [[Anthony Dawes]] as '' [[The Virgin and the Vultures]]'' by the amateur dramatic society of the Johannesburg College of Education under the direction of [[Joey de Koker]]. | ||
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| + | == The original text == | ||
| + | [[Bartho Smit|Smit]] was inspired by the novella ‘’[[Sous le soleil de Satan]]’’ ("Under the Sun of Satan") by French author Georges Bernanos [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bernanos] | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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Revision as of 07:43, 19 August 2015
Putsonderwater ("Well-without-Water") is a 1961 play by Bartho Smit.
(Tr as Well-without-Water or The Virgin and the Vultures) by Bartho Smit. Based on a Bernanos novella ‘’Sous le soleil de Satan’’ and set in a small South African village, the characters are representatives of religious, secular and political power, and the playwright’s exploration of their relationship with the young virgin, constitutes a virulent attack on social hypocrisy. Written 1960?*, published by Afrikaanse Pers in 1962. In 1961 it was submitted as possible opening piece for the newly built Johannesburg Civic Theatre, but was rejected. Denied performance in South Africa for many years, it was first performed to acclaim by ‘’Volksteater Vertikaal’’ in Ghent in 1968 and toured Belgium for a year.
Directed at Rhodes University in 1968 by Abraham de Vries, with Nelia Dryer, Hugh Forsyth, Wilfred Jonckheer, John Badenhorst, Tom Cloete, Noël Roos, Bill Sieberhagen in the cast. A production by Johan Mocke opened on 27 February 1969 at the Port Elizabeth Opera House, then had a brief and little publicised workshop production for an invited audience by the PACOFS experimental theatre group in the Ou Presidensie Teater (“Old Presidency Theatre”), directed by Henk Hugo, with Neels Coetzee and Rina la Grange in the cast. In 1970 a scheduled production by CAPAB was banned by the Administrator of the Cape Province (in his capacity as chairman of the board) a few days before the opening.
Eleven years later, in July 1981, the first fully professional production was done by PACT in the State Theatre Arena, Pretoria directed by Louis van Niekerk, starring Iza Trengove, Don Lamprecht, Louw Verwey, Franz Marx, Dan Welman, Sam Marais.
English translation by A. Dawes: Well-without-Water or The Virgin and the Vultures.
Om 24 March 1971 the play was presented in an English translation by Anthony Dawes as The Virgin and the Vultures by the amateur dramatic society of the Johannesburg College of Education under the direction of Joey de Koker.
Contents
The original text
Smit was inspired by the novella ‘’Sous le soleil de Satan’’ ("Under the Sun of Satan") by French author Georges Bernanos [1]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 447.
Teater SA, 1(2), 1968
PACT pamphlet, July 1981
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
