Hinterland
A play by Duncan Buwalda.
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The original text
Set in Kimberley in 1899, it is a play about Sol T. Plaatjie who is hired as a secretary by Cecil John Rhodes.
Published by Junkets Publisher, 2014
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Performance history in South Africa
2012: Produced at the PANSA/NLDTF Play-writing Festival held at Durban's Catalina Theatre, where it walked away with three awards. Directed by Caroline Smart with Nicholas Lorentz as Rhodes.
2013: Produced at the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, in the Arena Programme. Directed by Caroline Smart with Martin le Maitre as Cecil John Rhodes, Nhlakanipho Manqele as Sol Plaatje, Peter Gardner as Kekovich, Frank Graham as Dr Smart and Adam Doré as a news vendor.
2014: Produced at the National Arts Festival in the NG Kerk Hall in Grahamstown, directed by Caroline Smart, with David Dukas (Rhodes), Sipho Mahlatshana (Plaatje), Greg Parvess and Frank Graham.
2015: A season at Johannesburg's Theatre on the Square.
Sources
http://junketspublisher.blogspot.com/
http://m.tonight.co.za/article/view/s/53/a/421682
http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/news/local/an-imagined-meeting-of-great-minds-1.1316872#.VMhpwk39kqQ
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