André
André is a full-length Afrikaans play by Temple Hauptfleisch (1945-).
Not to be confused with André[1], an American tragedy in five acts about the court martial of Major John André (1751-1780), written by William Dunlap (1766-1839)[2] and performed in New York by the Old American Company on March 30, 1798. (Also found as Andre.)
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A play about the rise and tragic fall of a fictitious Afrikaans actor, the text was shortlisted for Amstel Playwright of the Year competition in the late 1970s, and the text was published in 1985 by (Human and Rousseau, Cape Town). The text also contains a theme song composed by Anneli van Rooyen (1961-)[3].
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
To date the play has never been performed in its entirety, though scenes from it have been used by students in training institutions on occasion in the 1980s.
Sources
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