Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki is a Dutch play for young people by Tone Brulin
The title aslo found as Kontiki
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The original text
A play about eight young people who undertake an improvised performance about the explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002) and the Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947[1].
The Dutch play was published by De Sikkel in 1973 (credited to by Tone Brulin and A. Fruithof).
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Improvisasie Kontiki ("Improvisation Kontiki") by Ben Dehaeck (1922-2017).
The text is unpublished, but a typed copy is held in the archive of the Drama Department at Stellenbosch University
Performance history in South Africa
19Performed in Afrikaans by drama students and/or school children from the Drama Group of the Cloetesville Senior Secondary School, directed by Dehaeck.
Sources
Ben Dehaeck. Improvisasie Kontiki, a typed copy held in the archive of the Drama Department at Stellenbosch University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl
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