Afrikaners is Plesierig

Afrikaners is Plesierig ("Afrikaners are jolly") is a 1971 comic theatre piece written by André P. Brink.

Published as Afrikaners is Plesierig: 'n feestelike deurmekaarspel ("Afrikaners are Jolly: a festive confusion/chaos"), by Human & Rousseau, 1973.

Performance history in South Africa
Staged in 1971 by PACOFS, directed by Gerrit Geertsema and André P. Brink, with Ernst Eloff (Seremoniemeester & Ware Jacob), Errol Ross (Beyten Beytengewoon), Trudie Taljaard (Flower Power), Henk Hugo (Skote Petoors), Bennie Janecke (Bartholomeus da Gama), Neels Coetzee (Jan van Liesbeeck), William Egan (Kommie), George Barnes (U Agterthant), Andries Lategan (Francois Huguenot), Gerrit Geertsema (W.A. van der Stellenbosch), Johan Botha (Pieter Maritzburg), Annie Basson (Eeufesia), Lerina Erasmus (Mev Boereraath), Francois Stemmet (Herrie-van-die-Kaap), Raymond Davies (Lord Charles Somerset-East), Hetty van Oordt (Lady Joyce Barnard) and Jan Hamers (JôJô OwHêwHê, President of Azania). The same production was later staged in collaboration with NAPAC in Natal and SWAPAC in Windhoek.

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