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Die see is 'n liriese toneelstuk waarin aanvaarding, ontnugtering
en hoop stem kry in drie slawevroue wat in die tyd van die VOC as
courtisanes vir die bevelvoerder van Die Kasteel opgelei is. Terwyl
die kanonvuur op die agtergrond 'n nuwe bestel aankondig, word die
gehoor as't ware saam met die drie vroue in 'n kerker opgesluit.
Die donker omstandighede van die hede word telkens gekontrasteer
met die sonnige verlede. Met Die see het Reza de Wet haar kwarteeu
in die Suid-Afrikaanse teaterwereld gevier.
Wenner - 2008 AngloGold Ashanti Smeltkroesprys. Blou uur is 'n
splinternuwe drama uit die pen van die veelbekroonde dramaturg,
Reza de Wet. Hierdie boeiende en ontroerende drama handel oor 'n
verteller wat terugdink aan haar eksentrieke tante, aunt Celeste,
wat onverwags by haar ouma se huis opgedaag het toe die verteller
nog 'n dogtertjie was.
A farm lies in ruins. And with mother and father now gone, a
brother and sister face eviction by an officious lawyer. Abandoned,
they endlessly enact the rituals of punishment once visited upon
them by their parents. Widely regarded as a milestone in South
African theatre, the multi-award winning play "African Gothic"
tells the story of their final danse macabre. Despite overwhelming
critical acclaim, it was also fiercely condemned by Afrikaans
conservatives as being a subversive portrayal of repression. "Good
Heavens" is a comedy thriller with the dark poetic heart of a
folk-tale. Two spinster sisters, with their ailing mother and
simple-minded brother, await the annual visit of their youngest
sister. Deeply envious of her beauty and youth, they hatch a
diabolical plot to rid themselves of her forever. In "Breathing
In", on a stormy night in the last bitter months of the Second
Anglo-Boer War, a seriously wounded General and his faithful
Adjutant encounter a mysterious woman and her seductive
other-worldly daughter, and are confronted with the subtle methods
of survival these women have been forced to adopt. Accustomed to
the rigours of war, the Adjutant now faces a terrible choice.
This title features two plays by leading South African playwright,
Reza de Wet. In "A Worm in the Bud", Katy stays in England while
her sister Emma travels to South Africa, leading to obsession and
madness for both of them. "Concealment", also set in South Africa,
concerns a doctor and his two daughters: one a spinster, the other
a widow with secrets about the events surrounding her missionary
husband's death.
The three plays in this volume are hauntingly beautiful pieces with
simple fable-like characters who are touched by magical events. A
circus has a mysterious significance in Missing (Mis) as a mother
and daughter are visited by a blind policeman on the nights it
comes to town. In Crossing (Drif) a stormy night brings a hypnotist
to the home of two sisters who live by a ford, two women who bury
the bodies of fortune-seekers who fail to heed their warnings about
the river when it is in flood. Miracle (Mirakel) centres on a
theatrical troupe and again exemplifies the author's earthiness,
humour and child-like wonder.
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