Jobias
Jobias is a play by Charles J. Fourie (1965-).
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Based on the biblical story of Job and set in the Karoo, the character Jobias, a farm worker, loses all his possessions and his children.
First performed in 1998, the text has not been published formally, though there is a DALRO performance text.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1998: Premièred in a production by the Agterdeur Geselskap at the KKNK in March, directed by Fourie, starring André Roothman as Jobias, Roysten Stoffels, Ivan Abrahams, André Samuels, Theresa Cloete, Chris Gxalaba, Johan Malherbe, Denver Vraagom. Stage manager Deon Erasmus, costumes by Stefan Venter, lighting by Patrick Curtis, photography by Albert van Niekerk and Lien Botha.
1998: The original production also staged in The Arena at the Nico Malan Theatre in May.
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fourie
KKNK programme, 1998.
Adam Haupt. 1998. On stage in Cape Town. Mail & Guardian, 22 May 1998.
Joan Hambidge. 1998. Die Burger 21 May. (Review.)
DALRO performance 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.
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