Hantie kom Huistoe

Hantie kom Huistoe ("Hantie comes home") is a play by P.W.S. Schumann ()

Also found written Hantie kom Huis-toe

The original text

Schumann was joint winner of the inaugural Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society (KMDOS) playwriting competition in 1932. (He shared this with In die Dae van Jan van Riebeeck by Sannie Metelerkamp.)

The drama played an important role both in the founding of the Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging and in the fledgling Volksteater (then still known as Ons Teatertjie).

The text first published by Van Schaik, 1933.

Performance history in South Africa

1933: Performed by the Oranjeklub in Cape Town on 2 December, directed by Marguerite I. Murray starring Anna Neethling-Pohl, Gideon Roos, Herman Steytler and others. This performance was an important catalyst which led to the formation of the Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging (KAT).

1936: Produced by the Ons Teatertjie Toneelgroep in Pretoria, directed by Leonie Pienaar.

Sources

Stellenbosch University Library catalogue.

Binge, 1969, pp 193, 211.

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