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A 1997 one-man play by [[Greig Coetzee]].
 
A 1997 one-man play by [[Greig Coetzee]].
  
== Subject ==
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== The original text ==
"About a small man with big dreams, a small brain and a head that's in danger of exploding." ([[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1997)
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A play about "a small man with big dreams, a small brain and a head that's in danger of exploding." ([[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1997), Published in the collection ''[[Johnny Boskak is Feeling Funny and Other Plays]]'' (edited by [[Hazel Barnes]]) by the  [[University of Natal Press]] in 2009. The play won the 1998 [[Vita Award]] as Best Script.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
First performed in South Africa by [[Greig Coetzee]] (as Milton Leonardo van der Spuy) at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] 1997, directed by [[Garth Anderson]].
 
  
Staged in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in March 1998, and in the [[Theatre on the Square]] in July 1998, performed by [[Greig Coetzee]] and directed by [[Garth Anderson]].
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1997: First performed in South Africa by [[Greig Coetzee]] (as Milton Leonardo van der Spuy) at the [[Grahamstown Festival|National Arts Festival]], directed by [[Garth Anderson]]. Also performed at the Lincoln Centre, New York.
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1998: Staged in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in March, and in the [[Theatre on the Square]] in July, performed by [[Greig Coetzee]] and directed by [[Garth Anderson]].
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2000: Performed at the Edinburgh Festival (winner Fringe First and Stage Award for Best Actor)
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2004: Performed at the [[Grahamstown Festival|National Arts Festival]].
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2006: Performed at the Carnival Centre, Miami
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2009: Performed at the [[Hilton Arts Festival]], Kwazulu-Natal.
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Performed at  ** theatre in Antwerp, Belgium in 1998.
 
Performed at  ** theatre in Antwerp, Belgium in 1998.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1997.
 
[[National Arts Festival]] programme, 1997.
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Malan, Wilson and Fick. 2013. ''[[Now I Am Alone 2]]'': pp.70-75.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 16:58, 13 March 2015

A 1997 one-man play by Greig Coetzee.

The original text

A play about "a small man with big dreams, a small brain and a head that's in danger of exploding." (National Arts Festival programme, 1997), Published in the collection Johnny Boskak is Feeling Funny and Other Plays (edited by Hazel Barnes) by the University of Natal Press in 2009. The play won the 1998 Vita Award as Best Script.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1997: First performed in South Africa by Greig Coetzee (as Milton Leonardo van der Spuy) at the National Arts Festival, directed by Garth Anderson. Also performed at the Lincoln Centre, New York.

1998: Staged in the Baxter Theatre in March, and in the Theatre on the Square in July, performed by Greig Coetzee and directed by Garth Anderson.

2000: Performed at the Edinburgh Festival (winner Fringe First and Stage Award for Best Actor)

2004: Performed at the National Arts Festival.

2006: Performed at the Carnival Centre, Miami

2009: Performed at the Hilton Arts Festival, Kwazulu-Natal.



Performed at ** theatre in Antwerp, Belgium in 1998.

Sources

National Arts Festival programme, 1997.

Malan, Wilson and Fick. 2013. Now I Am Alone 2: pp.70-75.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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