Sylvia

Sylvia is the title of what may be two plays by South African authors. However, they are most probably referring to the same play - a work originally written by Ian Ferguson in the late 1970s and performed in the same period, then again performed by Lydia Pienaar in 1987.

Sylvia by Ian Ferguson

Performance history in South Africa

First staged at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, in the late 1970s or early 1980s, according to the theatre programme for the production of Ferguson's Falstaff (1984)

Sylvia by Lydia Pienaar

The original text

A one-woman piece about the life and work of Sylvia Plath, compiled from her writings in September 1987. A typed copy of the text is held in the Drama Department archive at the University of Stellenbosch.

Performance history in South Africa

First performed (probably by Lydia Pienaar) in the Drama Department, Stellenbosch University, directed by Johann van Heerden in 1987.

Sources

Theatre programme for the production of Ian Ferguson's Falstaff (1984)

Curriculum Vitae of Johann van Heerden (2011)

Linda Pienaar. 1987. Typed copy of Sylvia, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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