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ANTHONY AKERMAN (1949 - ) |
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Nationality: South African Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Anthony Akerman was born in South Africa on August 12, 1949, lived in Holland as an exile during the Apartheid regime and returned to his own country around 1990. Since then several of his plays have been produced there. During his stay in Holland, he worked as a playwright, director and dramaturg or literary manager. On November 11 1983 his play SOMEWHERE ON THE BORDER was first performed by THEKWINI THEATER at the Theater aan de Haven in The Hague. The text of this play (in English) was published by Thekwini in cooperation with DE POPULIER, a progressive publishing house and performance space in Amsterdam. Both organizations are no longer in existence. Another play of his, A MAN OUT OF THE COUNTRY, was first performed on November 8 1989 at FRASCATI in Amsterdam, again directed by the author himself. In this case a playtext was published by Frascati in association with the defunct theatre magazine ALLIGATOR.His adaptation of Horace McCoy's novel THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? for the RO THEATER in Rotterdam didn't survive the previewing stage in September 1988. Mr. Akerman has worked extensively for South African radio and television. His radio play THE AFRICANIST concerning Pan African Congress leader Robert Sobukwe was first broadcast by SAfm on March 21, 2006
Plays by Anthony Akerman
Dark Outsider | ||
| 1st Produced: | Grahamstown Festival in South Africa | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in THREE PLAYS by ANTHONY AKERMAN (Witwatersrand University Press) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96780 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | about the Durban born poet Roy Campbell | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Man Out of The Country, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Frascati, Amsterdam | 1989 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | playtext was published by Frascati in association with the defunct theatre magazine ALLIGATOR | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96779 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Old Boys | ||
| 1st Produced: | Durban, South Africa | 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in THREE PLAYS by ANTHONY AKERMAN (Witwatersrand University Press) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97000 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | takes a look at the long-term effects of the private school system | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Somewhere On The Border | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater aan de Haven in The Hague | 1983 | ||||
Company: | Thekwini Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | in " South African Plays" edited by Stephen Gray, Hern, London and Heinemann-Centaur, London, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #127 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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