Kon-Tiki
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The original text
A play about eight young people who undertake an improvised performance about the explorer Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002) and the Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947[1].
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Improvisasie Kontiki ("Improvisation Kontiki") by Ben Dehaeck (1922-2017).
The text is unpublished, but a typed copy is held in the archive of the Drama Department at Stellenbosch University
Performance history in South Africa
19Performed in Afrikaans by drama students and/or school children from the Drama Group of the Cloetesville Senior Secondary School, directed by Dehaeck.
Sources
Ben Dehaeck. Improvisasie Kontiki, a typed copy held in the archive of the Drama Department at Stellenbosch University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl
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