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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
''Die Naaimasjien'' won the 2008 [[Nagtegaal Award]] for new playtexts.
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''Die Naaimasjien'' won the 2008 [[Dirk en Reinette Nagtegaal KKNK kompetisie vir Nuutgeskrewe Verhoogtekste|Nagtegaal Award]] for new playtexts.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
Translated in 2012 into English as ''[[The Sewing Machine]]'' by [[Hennie van Greunen]].
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Translated in 2012 into English as '''''The Sewing Machine''''' by [[Hennie van Greunen]].
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
2008/9: Staged by [[Joho! Productions]] at the [[Libertas Theatre]] in Stellenbosch on 26 July 2008 as a try-out production before going to the [[Aardklop]] Festival in Potchefstroom and other arts festivals, directed by [[Hennie van Greunen]] and starring [[Sandra Prinsloo]]. The production won a number of awards, including best actress awards for [[Sandra Prinsloo|Prinsloo]].   
 
2008/9: Staged by [[Joho! Productions]] at the [[Libertas Theatre]] in Stellenbosch on 26 July 2008 as a try-out production before going to the [[Aardklop]] Festival in Potchefstroom and other arts festivals, directed by [[Hennie van Greunen]] and starring [[Sandra Prinsloo]]. The production won a number of awards, including best actress awards for [[Sandra Prinsloo|Prinsloo]].   
  
Translated into English as ''[[The Sewing Machine]]'' and first produced at the Edinburgh Festival, 2012 by [[Joho! Productions]], after a try-out in the [[Libertas Theatre]] in Stellenbosch on 26 July. Translated and directed by [[Hennie van Greunen]], starring [[Sandra Prinsloo]].
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2012: ''The Sewing Machine'', the [[Hennie van Greunen|Van Greunen]] English translation was staged by [[Joho! Productions]] at the [[Libertas Theatre]] in Stellenbosch in July before being performed at the [[Edinburgh Festival]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Festival] in August, again directed by [[Hennie van Greunen|Van Greunen]] and starring [[Sandra Prinsloo|Prinsloo]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
  
 
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''[[Die Burger]]'', 10 December 2008.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 15:53, 7 December 2017

Die Naaimasjien (“The Sewing Machine”) is a 2008 Afrikaans one-woman play by Rachelle Greeff, about a woman in an old age home, reminiscing about her life.

The original text

Die Naaimasjien won the 2008 Nagtegaal Award for new playtexts.

Translations and adaptations

Translated in 2012 into English as The Sewing Machine by Hennie van Greunen.

Performance history in South Africa

2008/9: Staged by Joho! Productions at the Libertas Theatre in Stellenbosch on 26 July 2008 as a try-out production before going to the Aardklop Festival in Potchefstroom and other arts festivals, directed by Hennie van Greunen and starring Sandra Prinsloo. The production won a number of awards, including best actress awards for Prinsloo.

2012: The Sewing Machine, the Van Greunen English translation was staged by Joho! Productions at the Libertas Theatre in Stellenbosch in July before being performed at the Edinburgh Festival [1] in August, again directed by Van Greunen and starring Prinsloo.

Sources

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Die Burger, 10 December 2008.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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