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| − | ("Kanna’s Coming Home") by [[Adam Small]]. A heavy-hearted, but superb and moving [[Afrikaans]] verse play about the issues of voluntary exile, forced removals and the trials and tribulations of a "coloured" family in [[District Six]] in Cape Town. | + | ("Kanna’s Coming Home") by [[Adam Small]]. |
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| | + | '''See [[Kanna hy kô Hystoe]]''' |
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| − | == The text ==
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| − | Possibly a reworking of an earlier play, ''[[Gone Canada]]''(*?).
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| − | An extract of the [[Afrikaans]] text, without a title and with "Kanna" named still "Hannie", was published in [[Contrast]] (March 1965).
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| − | The full text under the new name first published by [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]] in 1965. Initially called an unperformable text by critics such as [[W.E.G. Louw]] and [[Abel Coetzee]], it proved to be a moving theatrical work in production. Reprinted often and prescribed (and produced) numerous times since, by Universities and schools.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 196*: First performed by the students of [[DRAMSOC]], under Small's own direction.
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| − | 197* Done by the newly founded [[Cape Flats Players]], who would often do it over the years, as a standard part of their repertoire.
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| − | 1971: The first professional production was, ironically, done in the experimental theatre housed in the [[Old Presidency]] by [[PACOFS]] (Bloemfontein) from 3-12 August 1971, directed by [[Johan Botha]] and featuring [[Louise Mollett-Prinsloo]] as "Makiet", [[Jan Prinsloo]] as Kanna, [[Trudie Taljaard]] as "Kietie" and [[Henk Hugo]]. The playwright, given special permission to stay in the Orange Free State for the rehearsals of his play, had to attend a special rehearsal, alone, since by law he was not allowed to join the whites-only audience.
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| − | 1974: The first Cape performance opened at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 22 November 1974, directed by [[Pieter Fourie]]. The playwright, specially invited, refused to attend as no other coloured people could attend.
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| − | 1975: Produced by the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]]
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| − | 1976: by [[PACT]] in 1976,
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| − | 1976: a second [[PACOFS]] production
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| − | 1976: directed by [[Mavis Taylor]] in 1976 with [[Marthinus Basson]], [[Alison Marquard]], [[Babs Laker]];
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| − | 1981: Done by the [[Eersterus Performing Arts Council]], Pretoria (in association with [[PACT]]) in 1981, directed by **.
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| − | 1999 Done by the [[Cape Flats Players]] at [[Aardklop]] and [[KKNK]] to celebrate their first 25 years (they now called the [[Cape Flats-Spelers]] in [[Afrikaans]]), directed by [[Peter Braaf]], with [[Ivan Sylvester]], [[Lloyd Davids]], [[Janine Louw]], [[Marc Morilly]], [[Bertram Adams]], [[Paul Cookson]], [[Sandra Braaf]] and [[Brenda Sylvester]].
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| − | 2003-4: Done by the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Royston Stoffels]] (2003-4), design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and featuring [[Ivan Abrahams]], [[Peter Butler]], **. Reprinted often and produced numerous times since, by Universities, professionals and amateurs.
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| − | =Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[Kanna – He is Coming Home]]'' by [[Carol Lasker]] and [[Adam Small]]. Performed in the USA and published by [[Garland]] in 1990. Published by [[Tafelberg]].
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| − | Its first production in English ( as ''[[Kanna Is Coming Home]]'') was a [[Baxter Theatre]] production directed by [[Peter Krummeck]] in January 1985. The cast included several members of the [[Cape Flats Players]].
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | [[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 334.
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| − | ''PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988''.
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| − | Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'', p 105, 131
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