Prometheus
Prometheus is musical comedy in Afrikaans by Ben Dehaeck.
Also known as Prometheus Komedie
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The original text
A bilingual (Afrikaans and English) musical skit based on a conflation of the tale of Prometheus and the story of Adam, Eve and the Serpent.
The text unpublished, but a copy found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1996: Presented by the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department in the H.B. Thom Theatre in April 1996. The director was Ralph Lawson and the cast included Quint Meyer, Paul du Toit, Gaerin Hauptfleisch, Nicole Holm, Amelda Brand and others.
Sources
H.B. Thom Theatre pamphlet, 1996.
A copy of the typed text titled Prometheus Komedie found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
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