Huit Femmes

Huit Femmes ("Eight Women") is a 1958 dark comedy drama by French dramatist Robert Thomas (1927-1989).

The original text
The plot follows eight women as they gather to celebrate Christmas in an isolated, snowbound cottage only to find Marcel, the family patriarch, dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret. (Wikipedia )

Translations and adaptations
Translated from the French into English as Eight Women and Afrikaans as Agt Vroue by Jocelyn de Bruyn (c. 1963).

Performance history in South Africa
1963: Agt Vroue staged by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch, directed by Jo Gevers,with Carmen Haddad, Elise Ziervogel, Christine Basson, Antoinette Terblanche, Esther van Ryswyk, Annatjie Vorster, Marie Pentz and Gertie Smith-Visser. Voice of the radio announcer, Franz Marx. This production was also staged at the Little Theatre in Cape Town in May.

1965: Agt Vroue staged by PACT from April to June, directed by Leonora Nel, with Elsa Fouché (Gaby), Petru Wessels (Suzon), Sandra Kotzé (Catherine), Anna Cloete (Mamy), Wilma Stockenström (Augustine), Sann de Lange (Mev Chanel), Marga van Rooy (Louise) and Kita Redelinghuys (Pierrette). Decor by Raimond Schoop and lighting by Victor Melleney.

1965: Eight Women was presented by the University of Cape Town's Speech and Drama Department at the Little Theatre in September, directed by Rosalie van der Gucht.

1975: Agt Vroue staged by University of Pretoria, Department of Drama, directed by Jocelyn de Bruyn, with student actors Lettie Fick (Gaby), Elizabeth de Villiers (Suzon), Elize Lisamore (Catherine), Amanda van Zyl (Mamy), Celeste de Wet (Augustine), Antonia Ockerse (Mev Chanel), Chevaun Cockroft (Louise) and Hermien du Plessis (Pierrette)

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