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| − | by [[John van der Ross]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed. | + | A play by [[John van der Ross]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed. |
| + | A one-woman performance by [[Antoinette Pienaar]], first staged at the [[KKNK]] in 1995 and later, in December 1995 in the Castle in Cape Town. | ||
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| + | == Subject == | ||
| + | Krotoa (or "Eva") (c.1642-1674) was a Khoi woman who worked, when she was young, as a playmate and babysitter in the household of Jan van Riebeeck, the first governor of the Cape Colony. As a teenager, she learned Dutch and Portuguese and like her uncle, Autshumato (a Khoi leader and trader) worked as an interpreter for the Dutch. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krotoa] | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 K|K]] | Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 K|K]] | ||
Revision as of 09:32, 30 June 2014
A play by John van der Ross. Full-length. Cast: mixed.
A one-woman performance by Antoinette Pienaar, first staged at the KKNK in 1995 and later, in December 1995 in the Castle in Cape Town.
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Subject
Krotoa (or "Eva") (c.1642-1674) was a Khoi woman who worked, when she was young, as a playmate and babysitter in the household of Jan van Riebeeck, the first governor of the Cape Colony. As a teenager, she learned Dutch and Portuguese and like her uncle, Autshumato (a Khoi leader and trader) worked as an interpreter for the Dutch. [1]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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