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''Die Papegaaivrou'' (“The Parrot Woman”) by [[Charles J. Fourie]]. A play in English and Afrikaans, set against the backdrop of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902. ****
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''Die Papegaaivrou'' (“The Parrot Woman”) by [[Charles J. Fourie]]. A play in English and Afrikaans, set against the backdrop of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902.  
  
 
by [[Charles Fourie]]. One act. Cast: mixed.  
 
by [[Charles Fourie]]. One act. Cast: mixed.  
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Directed by Miki Redelinghuys in a student production in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in November 1991.
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1990: Presented in a double bill with ''[[Grot van die kaalkoppe]]'' in the Rehearsal Room, [[Market Theatre]] in April 1990, directed by the author and [[Marlene Blom]], starring [[Kevin Smith]], [[Henrietta Gryffenberg]], [[Johan van der Westhuizen]], [[Wayne Robbins]] and [[Marius Meyer]] and has been staged several times since, with [[Michelle Burgess]] and [[Henrietta Gryffenberg]] among the actresses who have played the taxing main role.
  
Performed at the [[KKNK]] 1997. directed by [[Owen de Jager]], featuring [[Susan Loots]] and [[Warwick Grier|Warrick Grier]].
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1991: Directed by [[Miki Redelinghuys]] in a student production in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in November 1991.
  
Performed in the [[Market Theatre]] in the 1990s and has been staged several times since, with [[Michelle Burgess]] and [[Henrietta Gryffenberg]] among the actresses who have played the taxing main role. The story is set against the background of the Anglo Boer War. The play was performed in English in the Finborough Theatre in London and in the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford more recently.  
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1997: Performed at the [[KKNK]] 1997. directed by [[Owen de Jager]], featuring [[Susan Loots]] and [[Warwick Grier|Warrick Grier]].
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The play was performed in English in the Finborough Theatre in London and in the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford more recently.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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''[[Pretoria News]]'' 27 April 1990.
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Theatre pamphlet, 1991.
 
Theatre pamphlet, 1991.
  
''Die Burger'', 9 September 2013.
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''[[Die Burger]]'', 9 September 2013.
  
  

Latest revision as of 12:47, 23 September 2019

Die Papegaaivrou (“The Parrot Woman”) by Charles J. Fourie. A play in English and Afrikaans, set against the backdrop of the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902.

by Charles Fourie. One act. Cast: mixed.

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Presented in a double bill with Grot van die kaalkoppe in the Rehearsal Room, Market Theatre in April 1990, directed by the author and Marlene Blom, starring Kevin Smith, Henrietta Gryffenberg, Johan van der Westhuizen, Wayne Robbins and Marius Meyer and has been staged several times since, with Michelle Burgess and Henrietta Gryffenberg among the actresses who have played the taxing main role.

1991: Directed by Miki Redelinghuys in a student production in the H.B. Thom Theatre in November 1991.

1997: Performed at the KKNK 1997. directed by Owen de Jager, featuring Susan Loots and Warrick Grier.

The play was performed in English in the Finborough Theatre in London and in the Burton Taylor Studio in Oxford more recently.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Pretoria News 27 April 1990.

Theatre pamphlet, 1991.

Die Burger, 9 September 2013.


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