Kamer 99
Kamer 99 is a radio play by Dolf van Niekerk (1929-2022).
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The original text
An absurdist play about a mysterious a place only known as "Room 99" to which workers as summoned by "Die Baas" ("the boss").
Published by Perskor, circa 1970.
Translations and adaptations
An adaptation for the stage was done in 1972.
Performance history in South Africa
1972: The stage adaptation presented by PACT at the Arena Theatre, Johannesburg. Directed by Truida Louw with George Ballot, Louis van Niekerk, Don Lamprecht and Marko van der Colff. Stage management Max Curtis, sound Don Lamprecht. It formed part of a double bill with Sy Kom met die Sekelmaan by Hettie Smit
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_of_the_absurd
PACT Newsletter, September 1972.
George Ballot scrapbooks. (Provisionally held in the ESAT Archive, with the kind permission of Prof Muller Ballot[1] and consulted 2024).
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