4 pièces sur jardin

4 pièces sur jardin (4 apartments in a garden") is a play in French by Pierre Barillet (1923-2019)[1] and Jean-Pierre Grédy (1929-2022)[2].

Also found as Quatre pièces sur jardin.

The original text

The text was published in L'Avant-scène théâtre (no 425, 1967), and the work was first performed at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in 1968.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as 4 Vertrekke in 'n Tuin and as Hartlam is dit jy? ("lamb of my heart, is it you?"), both versions by Rita Elferink. The performance text of Hartlam is dit jy? was published as a DALRO Playscript in 1975.

Performance history in South Africa

1978: 4 Vertrekke in 'n Tuin presented by Libertas Theatre Club, 1-4 March. Directed by Marie van Heerden, featuring Herman Binge, Johan Fourie, Juanita Swanepoel, Dirk Winterbach, Sandra Temmingh and Coreen Olivier.

1984: Hartlam is dit jy? presented by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre in May, directed by Herman Pretorius.

Sources

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatre_pi%C3%A8ces_sur_jardin

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Barillet

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Gredy

Libertas Theatre pamphlet

UTS theatre pamphlet

Performance text of Hartlam is dit jy?, DALRO Playscripts, 1975, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the ESAT repository 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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