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The performance text of ''[[Katryntjie]]'', published as a [[DALRO Playscript]] in 1994.
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The performance text of ''[[Katryntjie]]'', published as a [[DALRO Playscript]] in 1994, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives and now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 11:04, 13 June 2025

Cecily is a one-act play by Gillian Plowman [1]

The original text

A play for 3 women, exploring the intense and complicated family relationships that exist between Cecily, brain-damaged following a motorcycle accident, her lone parent Sheila and her aunt Ellen.

Published by Samuel French in 1991.

Translations and adaptations

The original English text translated into Afrikaans by Johann Brand, the text published by DALRO in 1994.

An expanded full-length version called Imagine Imogen was read at the London New Play Festival in 1997.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.gillian-plowman.co.uk/play/cecily/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Plowman

The performance text of Katryntjie, published as a DALRO Playscript in 1994, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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