En Die Son Skyn in Suid-Afrika
En Die Son Skyn in Suid-Afrika (“And the sun is shining in South Africa”) is a play by Corlia Fourie.
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The original text
A play about South African ex-patriots in London during the state of emergency of the 1980s, possibly originally written as a radio play.
The stage text published by H&R (Human & Rousseau, 1986).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1985:Presented by PACT, 1985, under the direction of Dawie Malan and Louis van Niekerk. Design by Dawie Malan, lighting by James MacNamara. The cast: Ilse van Hemert (Esther), Annelisa Weiland (Bettie), Kurt Egelhof (Adam), Lida Botha (Engela), Jakes Jacobs (Storm), Selma van der Vyver (Emma) and Albert Maritz (Flip).
Sources
Theatre programme for the PACT production, 1985
A typed copy of the radio text, used by Christine Polson, held in Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.
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