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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Subtitled '' 'n Komedie in Drie Bedrywe en 'n Nadraai'' ("a comedy in three acts and an aftermath")
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Subtitled '' 'n Komedie in Drie Bedrywe en 'n Nadraai'' ("a comedy in three acts and an aftermath") is a comedy of manners about various three-way relationships, including references to Euripides's ''[[Orestes]]'' and commentary on facile adaptations of classical works. 
  
 
The text published by [[HAUM|Haum-literêr]] in 1989.
 
The text published by [[HAUM|Haum-literêr]] in 1989.

Latest revision as of 05:51, 31 March 2023

Punt in die Wind (lit. "bow in the wind", an expression meaning "it is going well"[1]) is an Afrikaans comedy in three acts by Hennie Aucamp (1934-2014).

The original text

Subtitled 'n Komedie in Drie Bedrywe en 'n Nadraai ("a comedy in three acts and an aftermath") is a comedy of manners about various three-way relationships, including references to Euripides's Orestes and commentary on facile adaptations of classical works.

The text published by Haum-literêr in 1989.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.litnet.co.za/die-herkoms-van-n-aantal-afrikaanse-uitdrukkings-wat-verband-hou-met-die-see/

Stephan van Zyl. 2019. Hennie Aucamp. 'n Gerontologiese oeuvrestudie. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of the North-West[2]

A copy of the typed text, with Aucamp's seal stamped on it, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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