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First produced by [[PACOFS]] under the direction of ** (1988?). | First produced by [[PACOFS]] under the direction of ** (1988?). | ||
| − | Directed by [[Ernst Eloff]] for [[PACOFS]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], Bloemfontein, opening 15 August 1991. The cast members were [[Christo Compion]] (Generaal), [[Isadora Verwey]] (Magda), [[Pieter Brand]] (Naas) and [[Hendrik Baird]] (Lombaard). Desin | + | Directed by [[Ernst Eloff]] for [[PACOFS]] at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], Bloemfontein, opening 15 August 1991. The cast members were [[Christo Compion]] (Generaal), [[Isadora Verwey]] (Magda), [[Pieter Brand]] (Naas) and [[Hendrik Baird]] (Lombaard). Desin [[Johnny Boerstoel]], lighting [[Dulcie Holtzhausen]], musical arrangement [[Heidi Edeling]]. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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(“Goodnight, General”) by Reza de Wet. A pacifist play set in the Anglo-Boer War and relating the story of a woman avenging herself on her dying husband, the General, whom she holds responsible for the death by suffocation of her son. Published in Vrystaat Trilogie [“Free State Trilogy”] in 1991 (HAUM-Literêr).
Performance history in South Africa
First produced by PACOFS under the direction of ** (1988?).
Directed by Ernst Eloff for PACOFS at the André Huguenet Theatre, Bloemfontein, opening 15 August 1991. The cast members were Christo Compion (Generaal), Isadora Verwey (Magda), Pieter Brand (Naas) and Hendrik Baird (Lombaard). Desin Johnny Boerstoel, lighting Dulcie Holtzhausen, musical arrangement Heidi Edeling.
Translations and adaptations
In 2004 De Wet wrote Breathing In, using very much the same situation but refocusing the issues.
Sources
PACOFS News, 17(3), 1991.
Nag, Generaal theatre programme, 1991.
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