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| − | + | ''[[An Audience with Miss Hobhouse]]'' is a one-woman play by [[Tony Jackman]]. | |
| − | + | == The original text == | |
| − | + | A play about [[Emily Hobhouse]] and the horrors of the British army's scorched earth policy and the concentration camps they introduced, in which now homeless [[Boer]] women and children were incarcerated and thousands died. | |
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 2013: First produced by [[Tony Jackman]], directed by [[Christopher Weare]] and performed by [[Lynita Crofford]]. It played in Cape Town ([[Rosebank Theatre]]), at the [[Grahamstown Festival|National Arts Festival]] (where it won the [[Standard Bank Ovation Award]] for 2013), in Johannesburg and at the Clover [[Aardklop]] festival in Potchefstroom. | ||
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| + | 2014: Performed at the [[Alexander Upstairs Theatre]] Upstairs in Cape Town. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://www.facebook.com/AnAudienceWithMissHobhouse | ||
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| + | http://alexanderbar.co.za/show/AnAudiencewithMissHobhouse/ | ||
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| + | An audience with Miss Hobhouse: a theatre programme for a one-act play performed by Lynita Crofford, directed by Christopher Weare, performed at the Schreiner Festival held in Cradock in 2012. | ||
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| + | Theatre programme for An audience with Miss Hobhouse, presented at the 2014 National Arts Festival, directed by Christopher Weare. | ||
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| + | Review by [[Tracey Saunders]], ''[[Cape Times]]'', 27 August 2013. | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:31, 6 March 2022
An Audience with Miss Hobhouse is a one-woman play by Tony Jackman.
Contents
The original text
A play about Emily Hobhouse and the horrors of the British army's scorched earth policy and the concentration camps they introduced, in which now homeless Boer women and children were incarcerated and thousands died.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2013: First produced by Tony Jackman, directed by Christopher Weare and performed by Lynita Crofford. It played in Cape Town (Rosebank Theatre), at the National Arts Festival (where it won the Standard Bank Ovation Award for 2013), in Johannesburg and at the Clover Aardklop festival in Potchefstroom.
2014: Performed at the Alexander Upstairs Theatre Upstairs in Cape Town.
Sources
https://www.facebook.com/AnAudienceWithMissHobhouse
http://alexanderbar.co.za/show/AnAudiencewithMissHobhouse/
An audience with Miss Hobhouse: a theatre programme for a one-act play performed by Lynita Crofford, directed by Christopher Weare, performed at the Schreiner Festival held in Cradock in 2012.
Theatre programme for An audience with Miss Hobhouse, presented at the 2014 National Arts Festival, directed by Christopher Weare.
Review by Tracey Saunders, Cape Times, 27 August 2013.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
