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''[[Pendoring (Edms) Beperk]]'' (literally "Spike Thorn (Pty) Limited") is an award-winning radio comedy about a copy-writer and the [[Afrikaans]] language by [[A.S. van Straten]]. 


== The original text ==

The play was written for and won the [[SABC]]'s [[GRA-hoorspelwedstryd]] ("[[GRA]] radio drama competition") as part of the "Taalfeesjaar" (the Festival year of the [[Afrikaans]] language). Broadcast by the [[SABC]] in 1975, it also went on to also receive the [[SAUK-prys]] ("[[SABC]] award") for radio dramas and radio documentaries, presented by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]]. 

Originally published by [[SABC]] Radio Marketing in 1975. Also published by [[Tafelberg Publishers]]. It would become the first in a trilogy of '''Pendoring''' radio plays along with ''[[Pendoring & Kie]]'' and ''[[Pendoring & Seun]]''.

==Translations and adaptations==

The play soon became a very popular stage text as well, and has been performed and broadcast numerous times by professionals and by amateurs. 

A new stage adaptation was done by [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]] in 2002


== Performance history in South Africa ==

1975: It was broadcast by the [[Afrikaans]] service of the [[SABC]] in 1975. Won first prize in the '''[[SABC]]''' Radio Drama Competition in 1975, the "Taalfeesjaar" (Festival Year of the Afrikaans Language).

2002: [[André-Jacques van der Merwe]]'s stage adaptation premiered at the [[KKNK]] in 2002, directed by Van der Merwe, with himself as "Gert Klopper", [[Anna-Mart van der Merwe]] ("Sarie Verster"), [[Isadora Verwey]] (various roles) and [[Pedro Kruger]] (various roles).

== Sources ==

[[Ampie van Straten]] (1937–1997)by [[Erika Terblanche]] (2014-12-16)[http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/ampie-van-straten-19371997]


''[[Volksblad]]'', 14 July 2003.

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