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''[[Verwagtings]]''(“Expectations”) is a play by [[Deirdre Venter]].  
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''[[Verwagtings]]''(“Expectations”) is a play by [[Deirdre Venter]] ()[].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play about two pregnant women, one the abandoned owner of a farm, the other the household help whose husband is in prison, which takes look at womanhood and how women exist not just as women but as people within their societies.
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A play about two pregnant women - one the abandoned owner of a farm, the other the household help whose husband is in prison - and takes look at womanhood and how women exist not just as women, but as individuals within their particular societies.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 15:47, 12 May 2022

Verwagtings(“Expectations”) is a play by Deirdre Venter ()[].

The original text

A play about two pregnant women - one the abandoned owner of a farm, the other the household help whose husband is in prison - and takes look at womanhood and how women exist not just as women, but as individuals within their particular societies.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2007: First performed at the Wits Theatre Downstairs (21-24 March) and at the KKNK in Oudtshoorn in April, directed by André Stoltz with Renate Stuurman, Deirdre Venter, Elton Landrew and Louis Make. Venter nominated for the Slurpie-Kanna for best emerging artists for her text.

Sources

Beeld Plus, 26 July 2007.

https://gesellig.co.za/t/18481-%22Verwagtings%22/


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