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==Original text==
 
==Original text==
  
A wry comedy about a white woman's angst and pretensions in Africa - a continent she both loves and fears. Published in ''[[2+2 Plays]]'' (compiled by [[Roy Sergeant]])  by comPress, 2000.
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Set in the world of Kenya during the "White Mischief" days, it is a wry one-woman comedy about a white woman's angst and pretensions in Africa - a continent she both loves and fears. It was Coyne's first play.
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Published in ''[[2+2 Plays]]'' (compiled by [[Roy Sergeant]])  by comPress, 2000.
  
  
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1999: Performed  at the Hilton  Festival in KwaZulu-Natal and on the  [[Grahamstown Festival|National Arts Festival]] Fringe, 1999.  
 
1999: Performed  at the Hilton  Festival in KwaZulu-Natal and on the  [[Grahamstown Festival|National Arts Festival]] Fringe, 1999.  
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2016: Performed by [[Pemads]], Port Elizabeth Wednesday, May 18 to Sunday, May 22. Directed by [[Linda-Louise Swain]] and performed by [[Niqui Cloete-Barrass]].
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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[[Robin Malan]], [[Diana Wilson]] and [[David Fick]]. 2013. ''[[Now I am alone 2]]'' Cape Town: [[Junkets Publisher]]:pp. 14-17
 
[[Robin Malan]], [[Diana Wilson]] and [[David Fick]]. 2013. ''[[Now I am alone 2]]'' Cape Town: [[Junkets Publisher]]:pp. 14-17
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http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=40029
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 20:35, 14 May 2016

A comedy by by Fiona Coyne

Original text

Set in the world of Kenya during the "White Mischief" days, it is a wry one-woman comedy about a white woman's angst and pretensions in Africa - a continent she both loves and fears. It was Coyne's first play.

Published in 2+2 Plays (compiled by Roy Sergeant) by comPress, 2000.


Performances in South Africa

1998: First performed by Fiona Coyne, directed by Ralph Lawson, designed by Brian Collins, as part of the Baxter New Writing Programme at the Baxter Theatre in 1998.

1999: Performed at the Hilton Festival in KwaZulu-Natal and on the National Arts Festival Fringe, 1999.

2016: Performed by Pemads, Port Elizabeth Wednesday, May 18 to Sunday, May 22. Directed by Linda-Louise Swain and performed by Niqui Cloete-Barrass.

Sources

National Arts Festival programme, 1999.

Robin Malan, Diana Wilson and David Fick. 2013. Now I am alone 2 Cape Town: Junkets Publisher:pp. 14-17

http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=40029

Go to ESAT Bibliography


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