Die Vleiroos
Die Vleiroos (“The Marsh Rose”) is a play by Pieter-Dirk Uys in Afrikaans about a woman's struggle to protect an unspoilt environment against development.
Contents
The original text
Vleiroos published by DALRO, 1992.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and performed?* in English as The Marshrose in 1999. Published in No Space on Long Street ; Marshrose : two plays by Pieter-Dirk Uys. Cape Town : comPress, 2000.
Performance history in South Africa
Presented by KRUIK in collaboration with P.D. Uys Produksies and the National Arts Festival in 1992. The World première was on 9 June 1992 at the Nico Arena starring Chris van Niekerk (Ferdinand Barnard), Joey de Koker (Nedda Barnard), Theresa Cloete (Lizzie Smith) and Lynne Maree (Sofie Clarens). Direction was by Pieter-Dirk Uys, design by nicholas de Klerk, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell.
Performed in the Pieter Roos Theatre, Johannesburg Civic Theatre Complex in 1995, directed by Lynne Maree, starring Trix Pienaar {Nedda Barnard), André Stolz (Ferdinand Barnard), June van Merch (Lizzie Smith), Anna-Mart van der Merwe (Sofie Clarens).
Sources
Die Vleiroos theatre programme, 1992.
The Citizen 13 October 1995.
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