Boetman is die Bliksem in!
Boetman is die Bliksem in! ("[this] lad is the hell in!") is an Afrikaans play by Pieter Fourie (2000).
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The play is based on a letter to the press written by Chris Louw in reaction to the book Afrikaners: kroes, kras, kordaat by Willem de Kerk, including the resulting reaction to Louw's letter. Essentially an older generation of Afrikaner leaders was accused of misleading a younger generation of Afrikaner males into fighting and dying for the despicable cause of apartheid. Louw’s letter and subsequent book on the subject, together with transcripts of radio and TV interviews, newspaper articles and other documentation of the debate were all used as the basis of the stage play.
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Performance history in South Africa
2000: Performed at the Aardklop National Arts Festival, directed by Marthinus Basson and later staged at the KKNK and Grahamstown Festival and in mainstream theatres.
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Sources
Nico Luwes 2010. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [1]
[Van Heerden (2008)][2]. p. 114
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