Pa, Maak vir my 'n Vlieër Pa
("Father, Make me a Kite Father") by Chris Barnard. An Afrikaans play about a man and his relationship with his mother and a (fictional?) son. A key absurdist work in the South African canon. theatre, perhaps the best.
Published by Afrikaanse Pers in 1964. Published by Dalro. Also published by Afr. Pers-Boekhandel.
Performance history in South Africa
First performed by PACT in 1964??*.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow directed by Robert Mohr for CAPAB with Cobus Rossouw, Kita Redelinghuys and Wilson Dunster in 1970.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Barnard himself in 19** as Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow?*
Sources
Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 57.
CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971
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