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Performed at the [[KKNK]] 1997. directed by [[Owen de Jager]], featuring [[Susan Loots]] and [[Warwick Grier|Warrick Grier]]. | Performed at the [[KKNK]] 1997. directed by [[Owen de Jager]], featuring [[Susan Loots]] and [[Warwick Grier|Warrick Grier]]. | ||
| − | Performed in the [[Market Theatre]] in the 1990s and has been staged several times since, with [[Michelle Burgess]] and [[Henrietta Gryffenberg]] among the actresses who have played the taxing main role. The story is set against the background of the Anglo Boer War. The play was performed in English in the Finborough Theatre in London and in the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford more recently | + | Performed in the [[Market Theatre]] in the 1990s and has been staged several times since, with [[Michelle Burgess]] and [[Henrietta Gryffenberg]] among the actresses who have played the taxing main role. The story is set against the background of the Anglo Boer War. The play was performed in English in the Finborough Theatre in London and in the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford more recently. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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Theatre pamphlet, 1991. | Theatre pamphlet, 1991. | ||
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Revision as of 19:40, 31 March 2014
Die Papegaaivrou (“The Parrot Woman”) by Charles J. Fourie. A play in English and Afrikaans, set against the backdrop of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. ****
by Charles Fourie. One act. Cast: mixed.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Miki Redelinghuys in a student production in the H.B. Thom Theatre in November 1991.
Performed at the KKNK 1997. directed by Owen de Jager, featuring Susan Loots and Warrick Grier.
Performed in the Market Theatre in the 1990s and has been staged several times since, with Michelle Burgess and Henrietta Gryffenberg among the actresses who have played the taxing main role. The story is set against the background of the Anglo Boer War. The play was performed in English in the Finborough Theatre in London and in the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford more recently.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Theatre pamphlet, 1991.
Die Burger, 9 September 2013.
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