Sylvia
Sylvia play by Ian Ferguson (1937-)
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The original text
Originally written by Ian Ferguson in the late 1970s, it is a one-woman piece about the life and work of Sylvia Plath, compiled from her writings.
The text published in Contemporary South African Plays (compiled by Ernest Pereira, published by Ravan Press, 197*)
A typed copy of a text for Sylvia was 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. (According to the director Johann van Heerden, this latter text had been compiled by the actress Linda Pienaar from a range of sources. Probably an adaptation of the Ferguson text.)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Late 1970s: Staged at the Little Theatre, Cape Town
1987: Performed by Linda Pienaar at the Drama Department, Stellenbosch University, directed by Johann van Heerden.
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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