White Men with Weapons

by Greig Coetzee. An immensely popular and multiple award-winning one-man play about being white male and in the army in the South Africa. First performed at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in 1995, written, performed and directed by Coetzee himself as 35 minute playlet under the tile Men Only. Substantially rewritten, retitled and directed by Garth Anderson the play opened at the Square The Space (Cape Town) at the University of Natal on 11 March 1996, then toured the country and internationally for years. Won 21 national and international awards. First published in the South African Theatre Journal Vol 15/2001.

Translated into Afrikaansby Gys de Villiers, performed at the Gariepfees, Aardklop, etc in 2013, starring Gys de Villiers, directed by Jaci de Villiers.

Sources

Aardklop Programme 2013

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