Witz, LeslieVan Bever Donker, Maurits MichielDept. of HistoryFaculty of Arts2013-10-112024-03-262009/09/182009/09/182013-10-112024-03-262006https://hdl.handle.net/10566/9720Magister Artium - MAThis dissertation was divided into two parts. In the first part questions of representation and textuality in the discipline of history will be explored with the aim of positing the historical play as productive for the writing of history after apartheid. In the second part it was attempted to specify the implications of this critique for the discipline of history through reading a number of historical narratives and plays together.enHistorySouth AfricaPolitics and governmentThesisUniversity of the Western Cape