Meulenhof se Mense

Meulenhof se Mense can refer two related works:

1 A novel by Linda Joubert (pseudonym of Henriette Grové, 1922–2009).

2 A TV series, based on the novel.

Meulenhof se Mense (novel, 1961)

The novel

Meulenhof se Mense ("The people of Meulenhof") tells the story of the three Vermeulen sisters, the only ones of the proud Vermeulen family who still remain in the old homestead, who are forced to take in a lodger.

It initially appeared in the popular women's journal Sarie Marais in 1956, was then published as a novel in 1961 by Human & Rousseau, Cape Town (and reprinted numerous times since).

In the 1960s it was apparently also broadcast as a radio drama/reading by the Afrikaans service of the SABC and in 1980 it was folmed and broadcast as a TV series by SABC TV. For the latter adaptation, see below.

Sources

https://search.worldcat.org/formats-editions/86038624

Andries Wessels. 2011. "Intertekstualiteit en modernistiese kompleksiteit in Henriette Grové se Linda Joubert-romans", Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, Vol.48 No.2.[1]

https://www.litnet.co.za/meulenhof-se-mense-na-jare-steeds-n-lofwaardige-teks/

Meulenhof se Mense (TV series 1980)

The series

Produced in 1980 by the SABC, the screenplay based on the novel and written and directed by Stephan Bouwer, with Petru Wessels, Annelisa Weiland, Elize Britz, Mary Dreyer, André Rossouw, Paul Slabolepszy, Will Roberts, Percy Sieff, Kathleen Lee, Bruwer Engelbrecht, Margot Luyt, Emile Aucamp, Ben Blanckenberg and Lina Waldeck.

The technical crew included Bryan Deuchar (cinematographer); Anke Breytenbach (assistant director); Gretchen Holzapfel and Sylvia Martin (editors); Neels Bezuidenhout (costume designer); Thea Eygelsheim, Brenda Fahy and Cheryl van Staden (makeup artists); Anna Jones (set designer); Dave Ruthenberg (set dresser); Stash Couvaras (as Stash Couvaris), Neels de Bruin, Johnny Grieshaber, Roy Smithers and Richard Sprawson (sound); and Don Williamson (final mix).

Broadcast history in South Africa

Broadcast in 1980 by the SABC

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8669344/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm

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