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A commissioned work for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]] and produced by [[NTO]] in 1952, directed by [[Marda Vanne]], starring [[Rolf Lefebvre]], [[Marcia Colville]], [[June Range]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Noëlle Ahrenson]], [[Alan Chadwick]], [[Michal Grobbelaar]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Frank Wise]]. Decor by [[Geoffrey Long]]. A play about an English South African farmer’s relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times. | A commissioned work for the 1952 [[Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival]] and produced by [[NTO]] in 1952, directed by [[Marda Vanne]], starring [[Rolf Lefebvre]], [[Marcia Colville]], [[June Range]], [[Gerrit Wessels]], [[Noëlle Ahrenson]], [[Alan Chadwick]], [[Michal Grobbelaar]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Frank Wise]]. Decor by [[Geoffrey Long]]. A play about an English South African farmer’s relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times. | ||
| − | This was the winning play of the Van | + | This was the winning play of the Van Riebeeck Playwriting Competition. |
First published by [[A.A. Balkema]] in 1953. | First published by [[A.A. Balkema]] in 1953. | ||
Source: Theatre programme, 1952. | Source: Theatre programme, 1952. | ||
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==by [[Archibald J.A. Wilson]]== | ==by [[Archibald J.A. Wilson]]== | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 9 March 2015
by Guy Butler
A commissioned work for the 1952 Tercentenary Van Riebeeck Festival and produced by NTO in 1952, directed by Marda Vanne, starring Rolf Lefebvre, Marcia Colville, June Range, Gerrit Wessels, Noëlle Ahrenson, Alan Chadwick, Michal Grobbelaar, Johan Malherbe, Frank Wise. Decor by Geoffrey Long. A play about an English South African farmer’s relationships with his family and neighbours, and his vision of, yet doubts about, building a dam in the river. The dam and the implications of its building become a metaphor for Butler’s liberal view of the politics of the times.
This was the winning play of the Van Riebeeck Playwriting Competition.
First published by A.A. Balkema in 1953.
Source: Theatre programme, 1952.
by Archibald J.A. Wilson
A one-act play. Published by DALRO in 1970.
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