Iemand Om Voor Nag Te Sê

Iemand Om Voor Nag Te Sê ("Someone to say good night to") is an Afrikaans radio play by Chris Barnard (1939-2015).

The text

Written in 1964, for two characters. Rewritten for three characters in 1967, then drastically revised in 1971, before it was finally produced as a stage play in 1973.

Published in Cape Town by Tafelberg Publishers, 1975

Performance history in South Africa

1973: Performed in the Breytenbach Theatre, Pretoria, and the Arena Theatre in Braamfontein by PACT, directed by Francois Swart, with Tine Balder, Siegfried Mynhardt and Louis van Niekerk (as "Man)".

Sources

http://www.abebooks.com/Iemand-om-voor-nag-s%C3%AA-Barnard/11825326129/bd

A.J. Opperman. 2021 "Tine Balder: ‘Grande dame met speelse gees’". Netwerk24, 6 April 2021.[1]

Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the F.C.L. Bosman collection held at the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) in Bloemfontein.

Senekal, Jan and Van Aswegen, Karien (eds.). 1980. Bronne by die Studie van Afrikaanse Dramas 1900-1978. Johannesburg: Perskor

Copy of the stage text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

E-mail correspondence from Bie Engelen (Thursday, 21 July 2022 10:37)

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