Mirakel
Mirakel ("miracle") is by a play Reza de Wet (1952-2012).
Contents
The original text
A magical-realist work about a touring theatre company led by "Dante du Pré", a character loosely based on legendary Afrikaans actor-manager André Huguenet, who perform the medieval miracle play Everyman in a rural town's church and the consequences of this event on the lives of the performers.
First published by HAUM as part of a trilogy entitled Trits (1993). The collection won De Wet the Hertzog Prize for Drama in 1993.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as Miracle by Reza de Wet and Steven Stead and published by Oberon Books in Plays One by Reza de Wet (also containing Missing and Crossing) in 2000.
Performance history in South Africa
1992: Performed at the 1992 National Arts Festival, directed by Stephan Bouwer with Patrick Mynhardt, Annelisa Weiland, Dawid Minnaar, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Frantz Dobrowsky and Lerina Erasmus. Stage manager Anna Carrilho, Lighting Michael Carklin, Set design by John Porter. This production was repeated in the Momentum Theatre, Pretoria and the Amphitheatre of the University of the Witwatersrand
1994: Staged by CAPAB in February 1994 in the Arena Theatre at the Nico Malan Theatre, directed by Marthinus Basson with Mary Dreyer (Winner Fleur du Cap Award for Best Supporting Actress), Louw Verwey, Sandra Temmingh, Jan Ellis, Neels Coetzee, Mary Dreyer and Michelle Scott. Design by Peter Cazalet, lighting by Malcolm Hurrell, music by Stefan Temmingh.
2013 Staged by University of Cape Town students, directed by Sandra Temmingh, Arena Theatre Cape Town
Sources
1992 National Arts Festival Souvenir Programme, p. 65
Mirakel theatre programme (CAPAB), 1994.
Cape Argus 4 February 1994
Text of Mirakel in Trits: Mis - Mirakel - Drif (Pretoria, HAUM Literêr: 1993
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