Difference between revisions of "Die Bywoners"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(9 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Die Bywoners]]("The sharecroppers") (also billed as [[Die Bywoners Teaterproduksies]]) was an Afrikaans production company, founded in Johannesburg by [[Schalk Jacobsz]] and [[Elma Potgieter]] in 1980 aimed at producing independent , indigenous works in Afrikaans.
+
The title [[Die Bywoners]] ("the tenant farmers" "or "the sharecroppers") can refer to a '''theatre company''' or to a '''play'''.  
  
They produced the first [[Afrikaans]] translation of the Fugard play when they did ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' called ''[[Hello and Goodbye|Hallo en Koebaai]]'', directed by [[Jan Engelen]].  It starred [[Schalk Jacobsz]] and [[Elna Potgieter]] and was staged at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1981 ***   
+
 
 +
=[[Die Bywoners]]: The theatre company=
 +
 
 +
[[Die Bywoners]]("The sharecroppers") (also billed as [[Die Bywoners Teaterproduksies]]) was an [[Afrikaans]] production company, founded in Johannesburg by [[Schalk Jacobsz]] and  [[Elma Potgieter]] in 1980, with the aim of producing independent , indigenous works in [[Afrikaans]].
 +
 
 +
They produced the first [[Afrikaans]] translation of Athol Fugard's play ''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'', called ''[[Hello and Goodbye|Hallo en Koebaai]]'', directed by [[Jan Engelen]].  It starred [[Schalk Jacobsz]] and [[Elna Potgieter]] and was staged at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1981 ***   
  
 
Other shows were ''[[Die Eensame Vlug]]''.  From 1980 S. Jacobs & she   
 
Other shows were ''[[Die Eensame Vlug]]''.  From 1980 S. Jacobs & she   
Line 8: Line 13:
 
(Tucker, 1997)
 
(Tucker, 1997)
  
[[Die Bywoners Teaterproduksies]]: 1981 – Hallo & Koebaai! (Athol Fugard vertaal deur Schalk Jacobsz) Upstairs by die Mark in 1981; 1982 – Hallo & Koebaai vir Freddy Philander-Produksies in Namibië; 1983 – Darling Blossom – eenvrouvertoning deur Elma Potgieter in Johannesburg; 1986 – Die Wildsboudjie ter viering van Johannesburgse Eeufees – die enigste Afrikaanse produksie vir die geleentheid; 1986 – Hoer of Heilige deur Corlia Fourie – spelers: Elma Potgieter en Karin Retief; 1996 – Moervrug – eenvrouvertoning deur Elma Potgieter – deur Elma verwerk uit Engemi Ferreira se novelle, Die Jaar Toe My Ma Begin Sing Het.
+
[[Die Bywoners Teaterproduksies]]:  
 +
 
 +
1981 – Hallo & Koebaai! (Athol Fugard vertaal deur Schalk Jacobsz) Upstairs by die Mark in 1981;  
 +
 
 +
1982 – Hallo & Koebaai vir Freddy Philander-Produksies in Namibië;  
 +
 
 +
1983 – Darling Blossom – eenvrouvertoning deur Elma Potgieter in Johannesburg;  
 +
 
 +
1986 – Die Wildsboudjie ter viering van Johannesburgse Eeufees – die enigste Afrikaanse produksie vir die geleentheid;  
 +
 
 +
1986 – Hoer of Heilige deur Corlia Fourie – spelers: Elma Potgieter en Karin Retief;  
 +
 
 +
198*: ''[[Boesman en Lena]]'' (Athol Fugard)
 +
 
 +
1996 – ''[[Moervrug]]'', a one woman performance by [[Elma Potgieter]], adapted by her from [[Engemi Ferreira]]'s novella, ''[[Die Jaar Toe My Ma Begin Sing Het]]'' (The year my mother began to sing").
 +
 
 +
=''[[Die Bywoners]]'' - the play=
 +
 
 +
''[[Die Bywoners]]'' is the title given to one of the many [[Afrikaans]] translations done of [[Athol Fugard]]'s English play ''[[Boesman and Lena]]''.
 +
 
  
 
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
 
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]

Latest revision as of 16:01, 9 December 2021

The title Die Bywoners ("the tenant farmers" "or "the sharecroppers") can refer to a theatre company or to a play.


Die Bywoners: The theatre company

Die Bywoners("The sharecroppers") (also billed as Die Bywoners Teaterproduksies) was an Afrikaans production company, founded in Johannesburg by Schalk Jacobsz and Elma Potgieter in 1980, with the aim of producing independent , indigenous works in Afrikaans.

They produced the first Afrikaans translation of Athol Fugard's play Hello and Goodbye, called Hallo en Koebaai, directed by Jan Engelen. It starred Schalk Jacobsz and Elna Potgieter and was staged at Upstairs at the Market in 1981 ***

Other shows were Die Eensame Vlug. From 1980 S. Jacobs & she

They did Hallo & Koebaai for TV with Bill Flynn & Yvonne Bryceland. (Tucker, 1997)

Die Bywoners Teaterproduksies:

1981 – Hallo & Koebaai! (Athol Fugard vertaal deur Schalk Jacobsz) Upstairs by die Mark in 1981;

1982 – Hallo & Koebaai vir Freddy Philander-Produksies in Namibië;

1983 – Darling Blossom – eenvrouvertoning deur Elma Potgieter in Johannesburg;

1986 – Die Wildsboudjie ter viering van Johannesburgse Eeufees – die enigste Afrikaanse produksie vir die geleentheid;

1986 – Hoer of Heilige deur Corlia Fourie – spelers: Elma Potgieter en Karin Retief;

198*: Boesman en Lena (Athol Fugard)

1996 – Moervrug, a one woman performance by Elma Potgieter, adapted by her from Engemi Ferreira's novella, Die Jaar Toe My Ma Begin Sing Het (The year my mother began to sing").

Die Bywoners - the play

Die Bywoners is the title given to one of the many Afrikaans translations done of Athol Fugard's English play Boesman and Lena.


Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page