'night, Mother
'night, Mother [1] is a 1983 play for two women by American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Marsha Norman (1947- ) [2].
The play is the winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama [3].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into Afrikaans under the title Nag, Ma by Antoinette Louw.
Performance history in South Africa
2011: Nag, Ma, the Louw Afrikaans translation, was staged at the Vryfees in Bloemfontein and later at the Grahamstown Festival, directed by Lara Bye, with Sandra Prinsloo (Mother, Thelma) and Antoinette Louw (Jessie).
2012: Nag, Ma, the Louw Afrikaans translation, was staged at the Woordfees 2012, first in the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town and then in the Little Libertas Theatre in Stellenbosch, directed by Lara Bye, with Sandra Prinsloo (Mother, Thelma) and Antoinette Louw (Jessie).
Sources
Wikipedia [4]
Volksblad, 14 July 2011.
Star, 8 July 2011.
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