Die laaste karretjiegraf Gr 11

Die laaste karretjiegraf Gr 11 – The first seed for this play was planted fifty years ago. It began with a story that Athol Fugard’s mother told him, and with his promise to her that he would one day write a play in her mother tongue. With the help of co-writer Riana Steyn’s research on the wagoners, Die Laaste Karretjiegraf became Fugard’s first play in Afrikaans. It tells the story of the Geduld family, who bury their grandmother Mieta in the Karoo under stones, following the customs of the wagoners. Her death marks the end of a way of life…