This article analyzes South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys's rewriting of Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Merry Wives of Windsor....
Pieter-Dirk Uys
Actor, Comedian, Satirist, Author, Playwright
South Africa's Treasure
Pieter-Dirk Uys was born, bred and, as he describes himself, "invented" in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story – was a great success and won numerous awards You're not related to Mahatma.
He is a writer and an entertainer. He further notes more a reactor than actor, more famous as a Boer diva than a dramatist.
His plays have been performed all over Africa and overseas including the United States and Great Britain.
His plays include: "Paradise is Closing Down", "Panorama", "God's Forgotten", "Beyond All Reason", "Just Like Home" and scores more.
Among books published are his plays, as well as Evita Bezuidenhout's biography: "A Part Hate A Part Love." And "No One's Died Laughing," and "Evita Fungalore."
He has written over thirty five plays, over fifteen books/plays published, over thirty- films/video's, and made and hundreds of personal appearances throughout the world.
Pieter-Dirk Uys (pronounced Ace) is indeed prolific in his writings but it is comedic and satirica