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[[PACOFS]] 1986, directed by [[Pierre van Pletzen]] with [[Casper de Vries]], [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]], [[Hannes Muller]], [[Petru Wessels]]. | [[PACOFS]] 1986, directed by [[Pierre van Pletzen]] with [[Casper de Vries]], [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]], [[Hannes Muller]], [[Petru Wessels]]. | ||
| − | The play has often been produced since. A singularly successful transgender version of the play by [[Marthinus Basson]] in 1999 won [[Antoinette Kellermann]] a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Best Actress Award and Basson a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Best Contribution to Stage Design Award. It was produced collectively by [[PACOFS]], [[KKNK]], [[PACT]], [[CAPAB]] and [[The Playhouse]], featuring, besides Kellermann, [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Ben Kruger]], [[Jean Marais | + | The play has often been produced since. A singularly successful transgender version of the play by [[Marthinus Basson]] in 1999 won [[Antoinette Kellermann]] a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Best Actress Award and Basson a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]] Best Contribution to Stage Design Award. It was produced collectively by [[PACOFS]], [[KKNK]], [[PACT]], [[CAPAB]] and [[The Playhouse]], featuring, besides Kellermann, [[Dawid Minnaar]], [[Ben Kruger]], [[Jean Marais]], [[Nicola Hanekom]], [[Alyzzander Fourie]], [[Jean Marais]], [[Gabriël Campher]] and [[Brian Webber]]. Lighting by Bryan Mcneilage. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 08:47, 9 August 2014
("I, Anna van Wyk") by Pieter Fourie. An Afrikaans play about the disintegration of a marriage and a woman. A haunting exploration of the Afrikaner psyche. First published by HAUM Literêr in 1986, and reprinted a number of times. A second, revised edition by Protea Boekhuis, 2002.
Performance history in South Africa
First performed to acclaim at the Kampustoneel Festival by students of the Drama Department of the University of Potchefstroom for CHE in 198*.
The first professional production in 1984 featuring Petru Wessels as "Anna", created a furore, among other things for the prominent female nude scene.
PACOFS 1986, directed by Pierre van Pletzen with Casper de Vries, André-Jacques van der Merwe, Hannes Muller, Petru Wessels.
The play has often been produced since. A singularly successful transgender version of the play by Marthinus Basson in 1999 won Antoinette Kellermann a Fleur du Cap Best Actress Award and Basson a Fleur du Cap Best Contribution to Stage Design Award. It was produced collectively by PACOFS, KKNK, PACT, CAPAB and The Playhouse, featuring, besides Kellermann, Dawid Minnaar, Ben Kruger, Jean Marais, Nicola Hanekom, Alyzzander Fourie, Jean Marais, Gabriël Campher and Brian Webber. Lighting by Bryan Mcneilage.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet Aug-Nov 1999
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