Post Mortem
Two plays by this name have been performed in South Africa:
There are also three other registered plys by this title:
Post Mortem (Gurney)[1], Post Mortem (Coward)[2], and Postmortem (Ludwig)[www.samuelfrench.com/p/758/postmortem-ludwig].
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Post Mortem by Benjamin Bradford (1925-)
The original text
First produced in Lexington, Kentucky in 1970. ***
South African performances
Performed as a lunch-hour presentation at The Space (Cape Town) in 1973, directed by Bill Flynn, with Phillip Boucher, Christopher Prophet and Mike Richard. Lighting and stage management by Donald Fuller.
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Fourie
Volksblad 17 Nov 2001.
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Post Mortem by Pieter Fourie (1940-)
The original text
An Afrikaans play about neuroses and sexual problems, in which an unhappy woman resurrects her husband, a coloured girl and a young man from the grave, to ascertain what had really happened in their lives. The text published in 2016 by Protea Boekhuis.
South African performances
1993: First performed in 1993 at the Kampustoneel festival.
1999: Performed under the direction of Anton Welman
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Fourie
Volksblad 17 Nov 2001.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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