Hamerman

Hamerman is a play by Tone Brulin (1926-2019)

The original text

Written by Tone Brulin and based on the book My Traitor's Heart[1] by South African journalist Rian Malan (1954-), the performance work uses of dance, song and acting to tell of Malan's experience of growing up in Apartheid-era South Africa.

Performed between 21 February 1997 and 11 April 1998 by Nieuwe Realisaties Theater at various venues in Belgium (e.g. Wereldculturencentrum Zuiderpershuis, Antwerpen; CC Ter Dilft, Bornem; and Theater Teater, Mechelen), directed by Brulin with performers Ivan Pecnik and Bodé Owa. Thereafter also performed in Malaysia, Portugal and other countries.

A typed copy of the text is held in the archive of the University of Stellenbosch

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Tone_Brulin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rian_Malan

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10137548.1991.9688031

https://myartmemoryproject.com/theatre/1998/07/hammerman-1998/

https://databank.kunsten.be/podium/podiumproducties/ent:dkb:prd:431463/hamerman/

https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_str010200101_01/_str010200101_01_0053.php

Typed copy of the Dutch text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the ESAT repository at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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