In the 1950’s, Peter Blum was acclaimed as the most important poetic voice in Afrikaans of that decade. However, some considered his work \u201cdecadent\u201d and spoke of his work as representing a poetical \u201cmaggot cult\u201d. In 1960 Peter and his wife, Hetta, left South Africa for England. It was, he said, \u201cout of disgust.\u201d Soon afterwards he lay down his pen, visitors were few, and Hetta\u2019s mental state deteriorated. Using source material from Peter and Hetta and his poems, this production follows in the footsteps of a singular figure in Afrikaans literature. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the 1950’s, Peter Blum was acclaimed as the most important poetic voice in Afrikaans of that decade. However, some considered his work \u201cdecadent\u201d and spoke of his work as representing a poetical \u201cmaggot cult\u201d. In 1960 Peter and his wife, Hetta, left South Africa for England. It was, he said, \u201cout of disgust.\u201d Soon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4011,"featured_media":74115,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"feeskategorie":[343],"class_list":["post-77309","program","type-program","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","feeskategorie-theatre-en"],"yoast_head":"\n