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by [[Anthony Akerman]]. A play based on Akerman's school days at Michaelhouse. Won a Vita Best Script Award in 1997 and Business Day wrote of it: "You are unlikely to see anything as good on any other stage in the country".** Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published in ''[[Dark Outsider: Three Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 2000.
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A play by [[Anthony Akerman]] (1996). Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published in ''[[Dark Outsider: Three Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]] in 2000.
  
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== The original text ==
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Based on Akerman's school days at Michaelhouse.
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Won a Vita Best Script Award in 1997.
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''Business Day'' wrote of it: "You are unlikely to see anything as good on any other stage in the country".
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
Presented by [[PACT]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] 1997, directed by [[Anthony Akerman]], starring [[Nicholas Ashby]], [[Kathy-Jo Ross]], [[Terence Reis]], [[Ashley Dowds]], [[Antony Coleman]], [[Stephen Gurney]]. Set design by [[Rod Smith]], lighting by [[Michael Maxwell]].
 
Presented by [[PACT]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] 1997, directed by [[Anthony Akerman]], starring [[Nicholas Ashby]], [[Kathy-Jo Ross]], [[Terence Reis]], [[Ashley Dowds]], [[Antony Coleman]], [[Stephen Gurney]]. Set design by [[Rod Smith]], lighting by [[Michael Maxwell]].
  
  
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Revision as of 06:48, 15 July 2014

A play by Anthony Akerman (1996). Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published in Dark Outsider: Three Plays by Wits University Press in 2000.

The original text

Based on Akerman's school days at Michaelhouse.

Won a Vita Best Script Award in 1997.

Business Day wrote of it: "You are unlikely to see anything as good on any other stage in the country".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by PACT at the National Arts Festival 1997, directed by Anthony Akerman, starring Nicholas Ashby, Kathy-Jo Ross, Terence Reis, Ashley Dowds, Antony Coleman, Stephen Gurney. Set design by Rod Smith, lighting by Michael Maxwell.


Sources

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