| "An affectionate portrayal of Verwoerd's murderer in an insightful testimony of mixed identity. Unexpectedly uplifting." |
--Cue (Grahamtown Festival, South Africa)
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| "Identity, history, race and class combine with personal tragedy in this compelling one-man show about Dimitri Tsafendas, the man who killed 1960s South African premier Hendrik Verwoerd, chief builder of apartheid." |
--Acemail (South Africa)
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| "The writer is careful not to condone the murder, but he does paint a sympathetic portrait of the man as a tragic victim of circumstance; a diseased victim of a diseased society; a gentle introspective man sporting a touch of insanity who, in his own mind, was a lone soldier on a noble, heroic mission... See this exceptional play." |
--Christina Kennedy, The Citizen (Johannesburg)
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| "A remarkable play one-man play... Both subtly detailed and effectively impressionistic, the play is a fine piece of writing...this imaginative and intimate portrait of an ill-fated man is the sort of South African theater of which we can be proud." |
--Darryl Accone, Art Rap (South Africa)
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| "This docu-drama doubles as a study in personal and political madness...ring[s] with social and personal truths...harrowing ritualistic imagery and a luminously intelligent text...a dramatic tour de force." |
--Adrienne Sichel, The Star (Johannesburg)
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| "Pick of the Week...mesmerising and illuminating." |
--Wilhelm Disbergen, Mail and Guardian (South Africa)
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