Pa, Maak vir my 'n Vlieër Pa

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("Father, Make me a Kite Father") by Chris Barnard. An Afrikaans play about a man and his relationship with his mother and a (fictional?) son. A key absurdist work in the South African canon. theatre, perhaps the best.

Published by Afrikaanse Pers in 1964. Published by Dalro. Also published by Afr. Pers-Boekhandel.

Performance history in South Africa

First performed by PACT in 1965, directed by Robert Mohr.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow directed by Robert Mohr for CAPAB with Cobus Rossouw, Kita Redelinghuys and Wilson Dunster in 1970.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Antony Dowes as Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

Sources

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 57.

CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971


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