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
Adapted for radio and broadcast on 2 June 2011 by RSG on the programme Radioteater.
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).
2011: Broadcast as a radio play on on 2 June by RSG on the programme Radioteater, with Lida Botha, Leon Kruger and Lulu Botha.
Sources
Theatre programme for the PACT production, 1985
A typed copy of the radio text, used by Christine Polson, found in Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch. Now held in the ESAT repository held at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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