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''[[We All Fall Down]]'' is a play by [[Deon Opperman]] (1962-).  
 
''[[We All Fall Down]]'' is a play by [[Deon Opperman]] (1962-).  
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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==The original text==
  
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A complex play for 11 performers described as follows by the author in his Author's Note in the text found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022:
  
1988: Presented by [[Bold Productions]] and [[Diane Kramer]] in the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed and designed by [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]] starring [[Deon Opperman]], [[Christopher Weare]], [[Patrick Curtis]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Leon Cloete]], [[Malcolm Terrey]], [[Jonathan Pienaar]], [[Bruce Fields]], [[Diane Kramer]], [[Carol Andrew]], [[Carolyn Barkhuizen]]. Lighting design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]], costumes by [[Malcolm Terrey]].
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"''[[We All Fall Down]]'' is a play about a rehearsal of a play called ''[[1642]]'' by a fictitious author called Robert Duncan; and ''[[1642]]'' is in turn a play about the rehearsal of a play called ''[[The Court Secret]]'' by James Shirley, a Caroline playwright[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Court_Secret], who wrote for the King's Men who played in the Globe and Blackriars playhouses." Opperman then goes on to give some notes on the way the three levels of the text is renedered in the script.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1988: Presented by [[Bold Productions]] and [[Diane Kramer]] in the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed and designed by [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]] starring [[Deon Opperman]], [[Christopher Weare]], [[Patrick Curtis]], [[Norman Coombes]], [[Leon Cloete]], [[Malcolm Terrey]], [[Jonathan Pienaar]], [[Bruce Fields]], [[Diane Kramer]], [[Carol Andrew]], [[Carolyn Barkhuizen]]. Lighting design by [[Patrick Curtis]] and [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]], costumes by [[Malcolm Terrey]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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''[[Die Burger]]'', 15 April 1988.
 
''[[Die Burger]]'', 15 April 1988.
  
Baxter theatre pamphlet
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[[Baxter Theatre]] pamphlet
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A photocopy of the typed text of ''[[We All Fall Down]]'', with an Author's Note and additional handwritten notes by the author, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Court_Secret
  
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 06:49, 29 March 2023

We All Fall Down is a play by Deon Opperman (1962-).

The original text

A complex play for 11 performers described as follows by the author in his Author's Note in the text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022:

"We All Fall Down is a play about a rehearsal of a play called 1642 by a fictitious author called Robert Duncan; and 1642 is in turn a play about the rehearsal of a play called The Court Secret by James Shirley, a Caroline playwright[1], who wrote for the King's Men who played in the Globe and Blackriars playhouses." Opperman then goes on to give some notes on the way the three levels of the text is renedered in the script.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1988: Presented by Bold Productions and Diane Kramer in the Baxter Theatre, directed and designed by Gerrit Schoonhoven starring Deon Opperman, Christopher Weare, Patrick Curtis, Norman Coombes, Leon Cloete, Malcolm Terrey, Jonathan Pienaar, Bruce Fields, Diane Kramer, Carol Andrew, Carolyn Barkhuizen. Lighting design by Patrick Curtis and Gerrit Schoonhoven, costumes by Malcolm Terrey.

Sources

Die Burger, 15 April 1988.

Baxter Theatre pamphlet

A photocopy of the typed text of We All Fall Down, with an Author's Note and additional handwritten notes by the author, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Court_Secret

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to South African Radio Plays and Serials

Return to South African Television Plays and Series

Return to South_African_Films

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page