Difference between revisions of "Die Wraak van Exkoningin Bobbit"
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| − | Written as a grotesque fairytale, seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt]. | + | Written as a grotesque fairytale, seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Lorena_Bobbitt], it was performed by the Breughel G at the . |
The text unpublished, though a typed copy was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.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]]. | The text unpublished, though a typed copy was found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.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]]. | ||
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| + | (1994, awarded best youth drama in Afrikaans by the Department of Education and Culture in the Western Cape); | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 28 April 2023
Die Wraak van Exkoningin Bobbit ("The revenge of ex-queen Bobbit") is a play by an unnamed author.
Contents
The original text
Written as a grotesque fairytale, seemingly inspired by the famous case of Lorena Bobbitt[1], it was performed by the Breughel G at the .
The text unpublished, though a typed copy was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.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.
(1994, awarded best youth drama in Afrikaans by the Department of Education and Culture in the Western Cape);
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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