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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
A look at the family of a veteran of the Angola border war, a war that could not be won, and the effect it had on him and on his family and loved ones, it is described in the publicity pieces as "a thriller which takes the audience on a spine-chilling journey of puzzles, magic, ghosts, lost dreams and new promises".
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A look at the family of a veteran of the Angola border war, a war that could not be won, and the effect it had on him and on his family and loved ones, it is described in the publicity pieces as "a thriller which takes the audience on a spine-chilling journey of puzzles, magic, ghosts, lost dreams and new promises"[https://www.news24.com/news24/novice-playwrights-introduce-their-work-20011030].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 09:12, 24 February 2022

The Snakebird is a play by Laraine Lane ().

The original text

A look at the family of a veteran of the Angola border war, a war that could not be won, and the effect it had on him and on his family and loved ones, it is described in the publicity pieces as "a thriller which takes the audience on a spine-chilling journey of puzzles, magic, ghosts, lost dreams and new promises"[1].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2001: First staged in The Laager at the Market Theatre 20 October - 24 November, as part of the Barney Simon Young Writers’ Festival, directed by Marguerite Albrecht, with Nicky Rebelo (Manfred), Antoinette Kellerman (Estelle), Amanda Lane (Hannah) and Neels Clasen (Pikkie).

Sources

The Citizen, 1 November 2001.

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