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''[[Verleiding]]'' is an [[Afrikaans]] play by [[Reza de Wet]] (1952-2012).
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''[[Verleiding]]'' ("seduction") is an [[Afrikaans]] play by [[Reza de Wet]] (1952-2012).
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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Jointly commissioned by the ''[[Woordfees]]'' and the ''[[KKNK]]'' festivals, the play deals with an aspect of the life of poet, playwright, naturalist and novelist [[Eugène Marais]], using anecdotal material from the family relationship De Wet has with the Marais family.
  
 
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Cast in the form of a lecture and actually performed in a lecture hall on its first appearance, the play is in the form of an academic lecture and using audiovisual clips as part of the text, the play not only satirizes academic life, but also questions the concept of truth in social and cultural research.
== The original text ==
 
 
 
Verleiding, Reza de Wet se nuwe toneelteks en haar eerste een vir lank in Afrikaans, is interessant. Die veelsinnige titel suggereer reeds dat dit nie maklik vir uitleg vatbaar is nie.
 
 
 
'n Vegknoper (Antoinette Kellerman) gee 'n lesing gebaseer op haar verdwene student (Heike Gehring) se navorsing oor Eugène Marais. Die dramaturg Reza de Wet is een van haar hoofbronne - dié is immers 'n nasaat van Marais se broer en dra allerlei grepies familie-oorlewering met haar saam.
 
 
 
Kellerman staan-en-sit voor in die onderste saal in die Willcocks-saal op die Matie-kampus (o, die onwegdoenbare reuk! Kennis, is dit jy?) en bekyk soos 'n meisieskoolhoof die vergaderdes.
 
 
 
Slim, dié truuk. Jy wonder of jy jou stoel maar kan laat kraak. Dis tog 'n lesingsaal en dié 'n akademiese lesing. En jy 'n balhorige student. Dan besluit jy om tog nie jou alie te versit nie. Dis teater dié, en vra beleefde stilte.
 
 
 
Oudiovisuele insetsels - kwansuis deur vegknoper-en-student opgeneem - word tussendeur vertoon. Veral die karakter De Wet-die-dramaturg is vreemd onderhoudend.
 
 
 
Vir my is Verleiding allereers 'n slim uiteenryging van die akademiese wêreld - van die verhouding tussen promotor, student en onderwerp-van-ondersoek. Marais is maar terloops laasgenoemde. En as sodanig werk die stuk slim. Sy onafgewerktheid, haltende tempo en stukke aanstellerigheid satiriseer die akademiese diskoers op indringende wyse.
 
 
 
As ons uitloop, sê my toneelgenoot: "Oe, Kellerman was darem maar weer wonderlik."
 
 
 
"Mmm," wil ek beaam. Ek kap terug: "Mmm, ek weet nie. Kon sy die karakter nie effe meer lewensgetrou gemaak het nie? Akademici het tog nie meer so 'n domineeagtige, Hollandse diksie nie. Was sy nie te veel van 'n karikatuur nie?"
 
 
 
 
 
The play focusses on Eugéne Marais
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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2005: Performed in a lecture hall in the Wilcocks Building, [[Stellenbosch University]], as part of the ''[[Woordfees]]''. Directed by [[Marthinus Basson]], with [[Antoinette Kellerman]], [[Heike Gehring]] and [[Reza de Wet]]. Also performed at the ''[[KKNK]]'' in April and [[Aardklop]] in September.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[Danie Stander]]. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for ''[[KKNK]] Festival'', 2017[http://kknk.co.za/reza-de-wet-haar-lewe-en-werke/]
 
[[Danie Stander]]. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for ''[[KKNK]] Festival'', 2017[http://kknk.co.za/reza-de-wet-haar-lewe-en-werke/]
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''[[What's On]]'' - Joburg, 6 September 2005[https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/whats-on/joburg/festival-uncovers-soul-and-beat-of-africa-932935]
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[[Antoinette Kellerman]]'s typed performance copies of the original text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 17:26, 17 January 2023

Verleiding ("seduction") is an Afrikaans play by Reza de Wet (1952-2012).

The original text

Jointly commissioned by the Woordfees and the KKNK festivals, the play deals with an aspect of the life of poet, playwright, naturalist and novelist Eugène Marais, using anecdotal material from the family relationship De Wet has with the Marais family.

Cast in the form of a lecture and actually performed in a lecture hall on its first appearance, the play is in the form of an academic lecture and using audiovisual clips as part of the text, the play not only satirizes academic life, but also questions the concept of truth in social and cultural research.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2005: Performed in a lecture hall in the Wilcocks Building, Stellenbosch University, as part of the Woordfees. Directed by Marthinus Basson, with Antoinette Kellerman, Heike Gehring and Reza de Wet. Also performed at the KKNK in April and Aardklop in September.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_de_Wet

Jean Meiring. 2005. "Wat is dan nou lekkerder as wors?", LitNet[1]

Danie Stander. 2017. "Reza de Wet – Haar Lewe en Werke", In: Programme for KKNK Festival, 2017[2]

What's On - Joburg, 6 September 2005[3]

Antoinette Kellerman's typed performance copies of the original text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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