Die Vreemde Besoeker
Die Vreemde Besoeker ("The strange visitor") is an Afrikaans translation of an as yet unknown one-act play.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Vreemde Besoeker ("The strange visitor") by Marie Malherbe.
Performance history in South Africa
1960: Staged in Afrikaans as Die Vreemde Besoeker by the newly formed Libertas Theatre Club (Libertas Teaterklub) in the Denneoord Saal, Stellenbosch, in September 1960. Directed by Gertie Smith-Visser, with Fred Stephens and Fred Roux, it was one of three one-act plays performed that evening for the inauguration of the club. (The other plays were Onderdrukte Begeertes and The Goldfish.)
Sources
Earlier history and productions: Marie van Heerden's personal collection of photographs, newspaper clippings and theatre programmes.
http://www.kleinlibertasteater.co.za/
Betty de Wet article in Eikestadnuus, September. 1960.
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