Nog 'n Kooi... Nog 'n Vlooi!

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Nog 'n Kooi... Nog 'n Vlooi! ("Another Bed... Another Flea!") is an Afrikaans comedy play by Pierre van Pletzen, translated from and based upon Bedbugs by Robert Armin.

The original text

It is unclear whether Van Pletzen based his play on a comedy by Robert Armin (c. 1563 – 1615) [1], the Elizabethan stage actor and playwright.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1998: Staged by PACT in the State Theatre, directed by Pierre van Pletzen, with Van Pletzen (Roelof van Niekerk), Marina Coetzee (Lydia Stroebel), Marga van Rooy (Mev. Venter), Neels Coetzee (Ds. Olwagen), Sean Else (Zak), Samson Khumalo (Die Man) and Cobus Fourie (Kapt. Botha).

Sources

PACT theatre programme, 1998.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Beeld, 18 May 1998 [2]

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