| − | (“Kanna’s Coming Home”) by [[Adam Small]]. A heavy-hearted, but superb Afrikaans verse play about the issues of voluntary exile and the trials and tribulations of a “coloured” family in District Six in Cape Town. Possibly a reworking of an earlier play, Gone/Going Canada*?. An extract of the Afrikaans text, without a title and with "Kanna" named still "Hannie", was published in [[Contrast]] (March 1965). The full text under the new name first published by [[Tafelberg Uitgewers]] in 1965. Initially called an unperformable text by critics such as [[W.E.G. Louw]] and [[Abel Coetzee]], it proved to be a moving theatrical work in production. First performed by the students of [[DRAMSOC]] 1971??**, under Small's own direction, then professionally in the [[Little Theatre]]?* housed in the [[Old Presidency]] by [[PACOFS]] (Bloemfontein) from 3-12 August 1971, directed by [[Johan Botha]] and featuring [[Louise Millett-Prinsloo]] as "Makiet", [[Jan Prinsloo]] as Kanna, [[Trudie Taljaard]] as "Kietie". The first Cape performance followed by the newly founded [[Cape Flats Players]] in 1974, by [[PACT]] in 1976, by the [[Eersterus Performing Arts Council]] (in association with [[PACT]]) in 1981. ''Kanna hy kô hystoe'' ([[Cape Flats-Spelers]], ([[Cape Flats Players]],[[Aardklop]], 1999), by the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Royston Stoffels]] (2003-4), design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and featuring [[Ivan Abrahams]], [[Peter Butler]], **. Reprinted often and produced numerous times since, by Universities, professionals and amateurs. Translated into English as ''Kanna – He is Coming Home'' by [[Carol Lasker]] and [[Adam Small]], performed in the USA and published by [[Garland]] in 1990. Published by [[Tafelberg]].
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