As the Koekie Crumbles
A comedy by by Fiona Coyne
Original text
Set in the world of Kenya during the "White Mischief" days, it is a wry one-woman comedy about a white woman's angst and pretensions in Africa - a continent she both loves and fears. It was Coyne's first play.
Published in 2+2 Plays (compiled by Roy Sergeant) by comPress, 2000.
Performances in South Africa
1998: First performed by Fiona Coyne, directed by Ralph Lawson, designed by Brian Collins, as part of the Baxter New Writing Programme at the Baxter Theatre in 1998.
1999: Performed at the Hilton Festival in KwaZulu-Natal and on the National Arts Festival Fringe, 1999.
2016: Performed by Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society (PEMADS) from Wednesday, May 18 to Sunday, May 22. Directed by Linda-Louise Swain and performed by Niqui Cloete-Barrass.
Sources
National Arts Festival programme, 1999.
Robin Malan, Diana Wilson and David Fick. 2013. Now I am alone 2 Cape Town: Junkets Publisher:pp. 14-17
http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=40029
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