Boo to the Moon
by Paul Slabolepszy. . Full-length play about five white teenagers involved in a car prang on a lonely road in Natal after a matric farewell party. Publuished in Mooi Street and Other Moves, 1994.
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Bobby Heaney for PACT Drama, 1987, performed at the State Theatre, Pretoria and the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town. The cast: Stephen Jennings as Spider, Susan Danford as Jessica, Bruce Alexander as Coxie, Glenn Swart as Allister and Anna-Mart van der Merwe as Myrtle.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by André van der Merwe: Boe vir die Maan. Shorter version: Te Hel met die Maan (“Too Hell with the Moon”) by Johannie Gerber.
Sources
Boo to the Moon theatre programme, 1987.
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