Die Laaste Aand

("The Last Evening")

There are three plays by this name in Afrikaans.

= 1 Die Laaste Aand by Coen Bezuidenhout =

One-act play.

= 2 Die Laaste Aand by C. Louis Leipoldt =

Based on his own poem called Van Noodt se laaste aand [“Van Noodt’s Last Night”], reworked for the stage in 1930 at the behest of Stephanie Fauré. Set in front of the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town, and 30 years after the events narrated, it tells of the relationship between the despotic governor Van Noodt and his cast-off Malay lover Martha. First produced by Faure, opening 26 May 1931, with **. Produced again in 1941 by K.A.T. in Cape Town (with Leonie Pienaar and Herman Steytler, directed by Anna Viljoen) and Volksteater in Pretoria (with Anna Neethling-Pohl). Leonie Pienaar directed another [[K.A.T. production in June 1947. Published by Nasionale Pers in 1930. Published by Nasboek.

Pieter Fourie, as head of Afrikaans Drama at CAPAB, introduced lunch-time shows in the Hofmeyr Theatre, the first being Die Laaste Aand which opened on 4 July 1967. performed as a lunch-time show in the Hofmeyr Theatre in July 1967 and repeated in August 1967 as part of the programme Dit Kom van Oral Af. Directed by Suzanne van Wyk, starring herself as Martha with Martin Crous (Priester), Pieter Joubert (Gysbreg), Fitz Morley (Heemraad), Glynn Day (Koopman), Danie Marais (Skildwag), Willem de la Querra (Slamse visser).

A musical adaptation was performed at the 2002 KKNK, directed by Hennie van Greunen, with Pedro Kruger, Natalia de Rocha and André-Jacques van der Merwe.

C. Louis Leipoldt was awarded the Hertzog Prize for Drama for Die Heks and Die Laaste Aand in 1944.