Drie Susters Twee

("Three Sisters Two") by Reza de Wet. A full length Afrikaans play about Chekhov's three sisters, set twenty years later, in Moscow. The play also brings in elements from other Chekhov plays, e.g. Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard. First performed by Artscape in 1997, directed and designed by Marthinus Basson and featuring Aletta Bezuidenhout, Grethe Fox, ** , **, and Neels Coetzee. Winner of a number of awards, including Fleur du Cap Best Actress Award for Bezuidenhout, Fleur du Cap Best Director Award and Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Indigenous Script. Published by Tafelberg in 199*. De Wet won a rare second, consecutive Hertzog Prize for Afrikaans Literature for this text. An English translation ***?

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