The Bells of Amersfoort
The Bells of Amersfoort by Zakes Mda. Full-length play. Cast: mixed. Published in Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating by Wits University Press.**
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Subject
The play looks at South Africans living in exile and the central character is a black woman, Thami Walaza, who has lived in exile in the small town of Amersfoort in the Netherlands for twenty years.
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Performance history in South Africa
After an initial run in the Netherlands, the play premiéred in South Africa at the Grahamstown Festival in 2002, co-produced by the Sibikwa Players and De Nieuw Amsterdam Theatre Company from the Netherlands. The production was directed by Dutch director Aram Adriaanse and the cast was a combination of Dutch and South African actors, including: Thabang Masupha ( as Thami Walaza), Macebo Mavuso, Reinier Bulder (Netherlands), Suzanne Bakker (Netherlands), Maikel August van Hetten (Suriname), Marie-Christine Op den Kelder (Netherlands), Sibu Gcilitshana (Netherlands), Zakes Zakhele Simango and Marvin Kolk (Netherlands).
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