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''[[Hallo Suid-Afrika/Hello South Africa]]'', a cabaret written in English and [[Afrikaans]] and composed by [[Casper de Vries]].

Also found as ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Afrika]]'' or simply ''[[Hallo Suid-Afrika]]'' in some sources. 

== The original text ==

Written and composed by [[Casper de Vries]] while a final year student at the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]], for performance at the [[National Arts Festival]]'s Student Drama Festival in 1986.

==Translations and adaptations==


== Performance history in South Africa ==


1986: First presented at the [[National Arts Festival]] Student Drama, 1986. Directed by De Vries in the [[Baxter Theatre]] Concert Hall, September 1986, and the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] 25 and 26 July 1986, starring himself with fellow students [[Linda Pienaar]], [[Ilse Roos|Illse Roos]], [[June van Merch]], [[Jozua van der Lugt]]. [[Liza Geldenhuys]], [[Christien Coetzee]], [[Talita de Villiers]], [[Pieter Heyns]], [[Stephné Hough]], [[Nicolaas le Roux]] and [[Mariette Schumann]] were the musicians for the [[Baxter Theatre]] and Stellenbosch productions.

1986/1987: Presented by [[PACT]], directed by [[Casper de Vries|De Vries]] now starring [[Elsabé Zietsman|Elzabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Johan Engelbrecht]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] and the [[Momentum Theatre]]. The musicians were [[Didi Kriel]], [[Trevor Muller]] and [[Lulu Gontsana]].

== Sources ==
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.

[[Baxter Theatre]], [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] and [[PACT]] theatre programmes.

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