Original Travel Pouch , with all contents, for your 1987 Embarkation cruise on the S.A. Bothatanic (registered in Pretoria).
pouch incl.
· Menu (Cafe de Parys Restaurant) with Whine List, try the mixed salad with Robben islands dressing, " its to die for".
· Embarkation card, ( The National Line reserves the Right to be Wrong)
· S.A. Bothatanic decal
· Cruise Programme, with demonstration on the John Vorster Squaredeck: how to do it without anyone really knowing. Please note that the Hendrik Verwoerd restaurant is closed for extensive renovations.
· Special excursion to the legendary castle of Pollsmoor
The 1987 National Arts Festival at Grahamstown (now Makhanda) hosted two projects conceived by the satirist, Pieter-Dirk Uys, during the state of emergency: a new play, 'Panorama', set on Robben Island, and 'a burlesque of bad taste.'
The burlesque of bad taste, aka "Rearranging the Deckchairs on the SA Bothatanic, ", with Chris Galloway, impaled the State of Emergency, ending with the captain, looking like Prime Minister PW Botha, singing, " and now the end is near and I face the final curtain."
Pieter-Dirk Uys said "today I realise that the festival was the umbilical cord that joined us to that ultimate desire: to perform. To be original. To be brave. To be mad doing three shows a day."
Original theatrical programme in new condition with all contents.
ALSO INCLUDED IS THE "WELCOME TO BAPETIKOSWETI" THEATRICAL PROGRAMME PRESENTED BY AMBASSADEUR EVITA BEZUIDENHOUT, CIRCA. MID-1980'S, A4 FORMAT, MULTI-PAGE, ILLUSTRATED, CONDITION: VERY GOOD.
Pieter-Dirk Uys is a South African performer, author, satirist, and social activist. Under Apartheid, Uys used the medium of humour and comedy to criticise and expose the absurdity of the South African government's racial policies. Much of his work was not censored, indicating a tacit approval of his views by many members of the ruling party, who were not so bold as to openly admit mistakes and criticise the policies themselves. For many years Uys lampooned the South African regime and its leaders, as well as the sometimes hypocritical attitudes of white liberals.
