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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A fairytale , inspired by the famous case of  
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A fairytale , seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt].
  
The text unpublished, though a typed copy was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Handwritten comments in the text suggest it my be a play written as an exercise a playwriting course at the University. Internal evidence refers to  for the [[Breughel Teater Groep]], which suggests it may be a play performed by that company - possibly even written by its leader, [[Ben Dehaeck]] (?).
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The text unpublished, though a typed copy was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Handwritten comments in the text suggest it my be a play written as an exercise a playwriting course at the University. Internal evidence refers to  for the [[Breughel Teater Groep]] and suggests it may be a play written for (possibly performed) by that company, while stylistic aspects indicate that it may have been written by one of the membersof the group, or even by its leader and mentor, [[Ben Dehaeck]].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:42, 28 April 2023

Die Wraak van Exkoningin Bobbit ("The revenge of ex-queen Bobbit") is a play by an unnamed author.

The original text

A fairytale , seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[1].

The text unpublished, though a typed copy was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022. Handwritten comments in the text suggest it my be a play written as an exercise a playwriting course at the University. Internal evidence refers to for the Breughel Teater Groep and suggests it may be a play written for (possibly performed) by that company, while stylistic aspects indicate that it may have been written by one of the membersof the group, or even by its leader and mentor, Ben Dehaeck.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Typed copy of the original text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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