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by [[Warrick Grier]]; [[Rufus Swart]] and [[Lara Foot]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed. The setting of the play is a small-town cafe and the main characters are the mother and owner of the cafe, her son, Neels, struggling with his sexuality, and the retarded younger brother, Boytjie.
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by [[Warrick Grier]]; [[Rufus Swart]] and [[Lara Foot]]. Full-length. Cast: mixed. The setting of the play is a small-town cafe and the main characters are the mother and owner of the cafe, her son, Neels, struggling with his sexuality, and the retarded younger brother, Boytjie. Racism and homophobia are the dominating themes.
  
  
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Wits [[Kampustoneel]] 1990, directed by [[Lara Foot]]
 
Wits [[Kampustoneel]] 1990, directed by [[Lara Foot]]
  
[[Brian Webber]] as Boytjie, directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] for [[CAPAB]]
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Directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] for [[CAPAB]], 1992, with [[Christopher Gxalaba]], [[Trix Pienaar]] (the mother}, [[Brian Webber]] as Boytjie, Francois Coertze (Neels}, Tina Jaxa, Steve Raymond, Megan Kruskal and others.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
''Die Volksblad'' 12 April 1990
 
''Die Volksblad'' 12 April 1990
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''The Cape Times'' 21 January 1992
  
  

Revision as of 08:54, 31 May 2014

by Warrick Grier; Rufus Swart and Lara Foot. Full-length. Cast: mixed. The setting of the play is a small-town cafe and the main characters are the mother and owner of the cafe, her son, Neels, struggling with his sexuality, and the retarded younger brother, Boytjie. Racism and homophobia are the dominating themes.


Performance history in South Africa

Wits Kampustoneel 1990, directed by Lara Foot

Directed by Marthinus Basson for CAPAB, 1992, with Christopher Gxalaba, Trix Pienaar (the mother}, Brian Webber as Boytjie, Francois Coertze (Neels}, Tina Jaxa, Steve Raymond, Megan Kruskal and others.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Die Volksblad 12 April 1990

The Cape Times 21 January 1992


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