The three plays Missing, Crossing and Miracle are folkloric and ostensibly native pieces of Afrikaner storytelling. All plays deal with the liberation of a character from an oppressive, matriarchal order and as such are eloquent and haunting expressions of the current generation of Afrikaner seeking to free itself from the Calvinist manacles of traditional Afrikanerdom.

The second volume of de Wet's plays brings together three pieces which takes as their inspiration the life and work of Anton Chekhov. Yelena uses the characters from Uncle Vanya. Three Sisters Two offers us a vision of the confusions and the collapse of value systems at times of revolution. Brothers looks at the Chekhov's relationships with his brothers.

A play examining Chekhov's relationship with his brothers

De Wet has won more theatre and literary awards than any other South African playwright

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