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''[[Pruttel]]'' (lit. "bubble" or "simmer"; met. "mutter" or "grumble") is a one person play by  
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''[[Pruttel]]'' (lit. "bubble" or "simmer"; fig. "mutter" or "grumble") is a piece of [[visual theatre]] created by [[Jayne Batzofin]] and company.
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A play about a recluse, someone without a voice, who serves as a metaphor for our past in uncertain times.  
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The performance piece is set in the present and tells the story of Tannie Van der Wat,  who is almost 94 years old, a recluse for the past 30 years, who is prompted to vocalize her long stored up emotions by visits from the Meals on Wheels representative, a volunteer who cannot speak and who serves as a mirror image for her memories of times past.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
2013: Performed at the [[KKNK]], by [[Baanbreek]] productions, directed by [[Jayne Batzofin]] with [[Nieke Lombard]] and [[Luvuyo Mabuto]], design by [[Jayne Batzofin]] en [[Cristina Salvoldi]]
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2013: Performed at the [[KKNK]], directed by [[Jayne Batzofin]] with [[Nieke Lombard]] and [[Luvuyo Mabuto]], design by [[Jayne Batzofin]] en [[Cristina Salvoldi]]
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
  
 
[[KKNK]] programme, 29 March-6 April 2013.
 
[[KKNK]] programme, 29 March-6 April 2013.
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https://www.roekeloos.co.za/teater/pruttel/
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http://thegremlin.co.za/oudtshoorn-news/wordpress/2013/03/08/beleef-uitdaging-en-nuwe-ervarings-met-baanbreek-produksies-by-die-absa-kknk/
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:49, 26 May 2019

Pruttel (lit. "bubble" or "simmer"; fig. "mutter" or "grumble") is a piece of visual theatre created by Jayne Batzofin and company.

The original text

The performance piece is set in the present and tells the story of Tannie Van der Wat, who is almost 94 years old, a recluse for the past 30 years, who is prompted to vocalize her long stored up emotions by visits from the Meals on Wheels representative, a volunteer who cannot speak and who serves as a mirror image for her memories of times past.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2013: Performed at the KKNK, directed by Jayne Batzofin with Nieke Lombard and Luvuyo Mabuto, design by Jayne Batzofin en Cristina Salvoldi

Sources

KKNK programme, 29 March-6 April 2013.

https://www.roekeloos.co.za/teater/pruttel/

http://thegremlin.co.za/oudtshoorn-news/wordpress/2013/03/08/beleef-uitdaging-en-nuwe-ervarings-met-baanbreek-produksies-by-die-absa-kknk/

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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