Insomnia
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The original text
Insomnia is the tale of the result of taking paraldehyde, a sedative he took because he suffered from insomnia after he had been injured in a railway accident.
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Performance history in South Africa
Insomnia,Power and Guests were performed at the KKNK festival of 2008 in one night as short experimental plays. and also in Cape Town, at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown and at the 969 Festival in Braamfontein. Insomnia was directed by David Geysen and the soundtrack by David Geysen and Carl Beukman.
Performance abroad
Insomnia was at the De Appel Festival in Den Haag in 2008.
Sources
Beeld, 18 June 2008.
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Mike van Graan
...was also performed there as well as at the KKNK festival of 2008. Insomnia, Power and Guests were performed in one night as short
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Jaco Bouwer
Insomnia, Power and Guests were performed in one night as short
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Grafton Williams
...result of taking paraldehyde, a sedative he took because he suffered from insomnia after he had been injured in a railway accident. A newspaper reporting on
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