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| − | ''[[Insomnia]]'' is a short play by [[Mike van Graan]] (1959-).
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Based on Van Graan's commissioned work for De Appel, ''[[Odysseus van Holland]]'', ''[[Insomnia]]'' is an abbreviated version of the piece that tells of the results of taking paraldehyde, a sedative the protagonist took because he suffered from insomnia after he had been injured in a railway accident.
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| − | Directed by David Geysen with students from South African and Dutch theatre schools, under the auspices of the ''08 Feest'' of the [[Toneelgroep De Appel]][https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toneelgroep_De_Appel] in Den Haag, the shorter piece was first performed at the ''08 Feest'' on 7 June, 2008 as ''[[Insomnia]]''.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 2008: ''[[Insomnia]]'' was performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town, as part of a trilogy of short experimental plays (along with ''[[Guests]]'' by Wannie de Wijn and ''[[Power]]'' by [[Jaco Bouwer]]). Thereafter Also done at the ''[[National Arts Festival]]'' in Grahamstown and at the ''[[969 Festival]]'' in Braamfontein. ''[[Insomnia]]'' was directed by [[David Geysen]] and the soundtrack by [[David Geysen]] and [[Carl Beukman]].
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| − | ==Performance abroad==
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| − | ''[[Insomnia]]'' was at the ''De Appel Festival'' in Den Haag in 2008.
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | Video by Alain Pringels of a rehearsal of ''[[Odysseus van Holland]]''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMUWq9R6tsY].
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| − | [[Beeld]], 18 June 2008.
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Revision as of 07:04, 27 February 2022
Mike van Graan
...was also performed there as well as at the KKNK festival of 2008. Insomnia, Power and Guests were performed in one night as short
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Jaco Bouwer
Insomnia, Power and Guests were performed in one night as short
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Grafton Williams
...result of taking paraldehyde, a sedative he took because he suffered from insomnia after he had been injured in a railway accident. A newspaper reporting on
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