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| − | '''''Vrygrond''''' is a play by [[Charles J. Fourie]] for which he received the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] Award in 1992. ****Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published in ''[[Vrygrond E.A. Dramas]]'' by [[Tafelberg]]. | + | '''''Vrygrond''''' is a play by [[Charles J. Fourie]] for which he received the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] Award in 1992. ****Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published in ''[[Vrygrond E.A. Dramas]]'' by [[Tafelberg]]. The play tells the story of a black [[Afrikaans]] squatter family who setlled in a cemetery outside a Karoo village. The influence of the violent 1980s is highlighted while they wait anxiously for promises of a new government in the 1990s to be fulfilled. |
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Presented by [[KRUIK]] Toneel, directed and designed by the author, starring [[Natie Rula]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Vicky Kente]], [[Ricky Rudolph]], [[Tina Jaxa]] and [[Willem van der Walt]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, 1993. | Presented by [[KRUIK]] Toneel, directed and designed by the author, starring [[Natie Rula]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Vicky Kente]], [[Ricky Rudolph]], [[Tina Jaxa]] and [[Willem van der Walt]] at the [[National Arts Festival]] Fringe, 1993. | ||
Revision as of 11:47, 23 September 2016
Vrygrond is a play by Charles J. Fourie for which he received the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award in 1992. ****Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published in Vrygrond E.A. Dramas by Tafelberg. The play tells the story of a black Afrikaans squatter family who setlled in a cemetery outside a Karoo village. The influence of the violent 1980s is highlighted while they wait anxiously for promises of a new government in the 1990s to be fulfilled.
Presented by KRUIK Toneel, directed and designed by the author, starring Natie Rula, Chris Gxalaba, Vicky Kente, Ricky Rudolph, Tina Jaxa and Willem van der Walt at the National Arts Festival Fringe, 1993.
Sources
National Arts festival programme, 1993. 189.
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