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The play is set in Bloemfontein in about 1954 and the name Waaihoek refers to an informal settlement that existed in Bloemfontein at the time, that was to be raged the following year and the people resettled under the apartheid legislation. "Vinkel en Koljander" are the names given to the pair of twins featured in the play. The names are derived from an [[Afrikaans]] saying, "soos vinkel en koljander", that basically means : "six of one and half a dozen of the other" - or like "two peas in a pod". | The play is set in Bloemfontein in about 1954 and the name Waaihoek refers to an informal settlement that existed in Bloemfontein at the time, that was to be raged the following year and the people resettled under the apartheid legislation. "Vinkel en Koljander" are the names given to the pair of twins featured in the play. The names are derived from an [[Afrikaans]] saying, "soos vinkel en koljander", that basically means : "six of one and half a dozen of the other" - or like "two peas in a pod". | ||
Revision as of 06:29, 1 May 2023
Waaihoek se Vinkel en Koljander (lit. "Windy Corner's fennel and coriander") is a musical comedy by Nico Luwes.
Contents
The original text
The play is a radical adaptation and localization of adaptation of
It tells of the twin brothers from District Six in Cape Town, Vinkel en Koljander, seperated at the age of 6, when was Vinkel was accidentally left on a train and ended up in Bloemfontein's Waaihoek township. He is adopted by Antie Girt
The play is set in Bloemfontein in about 1954 and the name Waaihoek refers to an informal settlement that existed in Bloemfontein at the time, that was to be raged the following year and the people resettled under the apartheid legislation. "Vinkel en Koljander" are the names given to the pair of twins featured in the play. The names are derived from an Afrikaans saying, "soos vinkel en koljander", that basically means : "six of one and half a dozen of the other" - or like "two peas in a pod".
It was written in 2000-2001, with financial support of the National Arts Council.
The text has not been published, but is available online from the LitNet-spens[1]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2003: Performed by PACOFS in the Wynand Mouton Theatre, Bloemfontein, directed by Nico Luwes.
2006: Performed in the Wynand Mouton Theatre, Bloemfontein.
Sources
https://www.litnet.co.za/litnet-spens-waaihoek-se-vinkel-en-koljander/
https://www.litnet.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Luwes_waaihoek.pdf
A bound copy of the text, dated 2001, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.
Jane Mpholo. 2022. Akteurs bring almal hul kant in ‘Waaihoek se Vinkel en Koljander’, Netwerk24[2]
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