Mirakel

("Miracle") by Reza de Wet. A magical-realist play about a touring theatre company who perform Everyman in a rural town. First performed* by CAPAB in 1994, with Mary Dreyer (Winner Fleur du Cap Award for Best Supporting Actress), Louw Verwey, and **, directed by Marthinus Basson. First published by HAUM as part of a trilogy entitled Trits (1993). The collection won De Wet the Hertzog Prize for Drama in 1993.

• 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.

(Source: 1992 National Arts Festival Souvenir Programme, p. 65)

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