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A 2001 play by [[Laraine Lane]]. A look at the effect of war on those who fight in it and the effect it has on their families and loved ones.
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A 2001 play by [[Laraine Lane]]. A look at the family of a veteran of the Angola border war, a war that could not be won, and the effect it had on him and on his family and loved ones.
  
 
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Revision as of 06:57, 20 January 2015

A 2001 play by Laraine Lane. A look at the family of a veteran of the Angola border war, a war that could not be won, and the effect it had on him and on his family and loved ones.

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Performance history in South Africa

First staged in the Laager at the Market Theatre in November 2001 as part of the Barney Simon Young Writers’ Festival, directed by Marguerite Albrecht, with Nicky Rebelo (Manfred), Antoinette Kellerman (Estelle), Amanda Lane (Hannah) and Neels Clasen (Pikkie).

Sources

The Citizen, 1 November 2001.

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