'n Seder Val in Waterkloof - Revision history

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Darryl: /* An Oak Falls */

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An Oak Falls

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English versions

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English versions

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Send for Dolly

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Darryl: /* Send for Dolly */

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Send for Dolly

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Productions in Afrikaans

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-''[['n Seder Val in Waterkloof]]'' ("''A Cedar Falls in Waterkloof''") is an [[Afrikaans]] comedy by [[P.G. du Plessis]] (1934-2017).
+''[['n Seder Val in Waterkloof]]'' ("''A Cedar Falls in Waterkloof''") can refer to the [[Afrikaans]] stage comedy by [[P.G. du Plessis]] (1934-2017) or to the title 1978 the '''[[film]]''' version of the play produced by [[Tommie Meyer]].
+= The play =
 Written and performed as the first commissioned for the Oude Libertas Awards project, the play is an immensely popular [[Afrikaans]] farce by [[P.G. du Plessis]] about the pretentions of a Pretoria academic and the machinations of his  "common" family from Krugersdorp who come to visit and upset the life of their "posh" academic colleague at his Waterkloof home, shortly before the elections for a position of chair of the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] ("South African Academy for Science and Art"), referred to simply as "Die Akademie" in the play.
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 [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1975.
 ''[[Beeld]]'', 19 August, 1975,
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 [[Michael Hurry]]. 1975. "Skuldbult exposed", ''[[Pretoria News]]'', 2 July.
-[[Hannes van Zyl]]. 1975. "'n Boom wat wyd en lekker lê", ''[[Beeld]]'', 3 July
+[[Hannes van Zyl]]. 1975. "'n Boom wat wyd en lekker lê", ''[[Beeld]]'', 3 July: pp. 9 and 16a.
 [[Mike Nichol]]. 1975. "Laughing at the audience", in ''[[To The Point]]'', August.

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 [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1975.
 ''[[Hoofstad]]'', 2 July, 1975
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 ''[[Pretoria News]]'', 5 January 1976.
-[[George Ballot]] scrapbooks. (Provisionally held in the [[ESAT Archive]], with the kind permission of Prof Muller Ballot[http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/ballotm.html] and consulted 2024/5).
+[[George Ballot]] scrapbooks. (Initially held in the [[ESAT Archive]], with the kind permission of Prof Muller Ballot[http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/ballotm.html] and consulted 2024-1925. Now part of the [[PARC]] research collection at the [[Africa Open Institute]] at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].)
 [[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1977.

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 ===''[[An Oak Falls]]''===
-: Directed by [[Victor Melleney]] and staged at the [[Academy Theatre]], with a cast that included [[Norman Coombes]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Flip Theron]], [[Jacques Loots]], [[Ann Larson]], [[Willie Esterhuizen]], [[Trish Downing]], [[Joy Stewart Spence]], [[Michelle Maxwell]], [[Jack Payne]] and [[James Irwin]].  Later during the run [[Joy Stewart Spence]] was replaced by [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Ann Larson]] by [[Tracey Morris]]. The production was also presented by and in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town with [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ethwyn Grant]], [[Trish Downing]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Peter Krummeck]], [[Trix Pienaar]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Marikie Basson]], [[Jacqui Singer]], [[Bill Jervis]] and [[Michael Drin]].
+: Performed as ''[[An Oak Falls]]'', directed by [[Victor Melleney]] and staged at the [[Academy Theatre]], with a cast that included [[Norman Coombes]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Flip Theron]], [[Jacques Loots]], [[Ann Larson]], [[Willie Esterhuizen]], [[Trish Downing]], [[Joy Stewart Spence]], [[Michelle Maxwell]], [[Jack Payne]] and [[James Irwin]].  Later during the run [[Joy Stewart Spence]] was replaced by [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Ann Larson]] by [[Tracey Morris]]. The production was also presented by and in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town with [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ethwyn Grant]], [[Trish Downing]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Peter Krummeck]], [[Trix Pienaar]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Marikie Basson]], [[Jacqui Singer]], [[Bill Jervis]] and [[Michael Drin]].
 === ''[[Send for Dolly]]'' ===

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	In the late 1970s [[Pieter Fourie]] commissioned [[Roy Sargeant]] to do the English translation and adaptation of the Afrikaans play for [[CAPAB]] Drama. It was then called ''[[An Oak falls in Bishopscourt]]''. Then a theatrical scandal broke out, as the Board of [[CAPAB]] banned the staging of the English version of the play.		In the late 1970s [[Pieter Fourie]] commissioned [[Roy Sargeant]] to do the English translation and adaptation of the Afrikaans play for [[CAPAB]] Drama. It was then called ''[[An Oak falls in Bishopscourt]]''. Then a theatrical scandal broke out, as the Board of [[CAPAB]] banned the staging of the English version of the play.
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	===''[[An Oak Falls]]''===		===''[[An Oak Falls]]''===

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 In the late 1970s [[Pieter Fourie]] commissioned [[Roy Sargeant]] to do the English translation and adaptation of the Afrikaans play for [[CAPAB]] Drama. It was then called ''[[An Oak falls in Bishopscourt]]''. Then a theatrical scandal broke out, as the Board of [[CAPAB]] banned the staging of the English version of the play.
 : Directed by [[Victor Melleney]] and staged at the [[Academy Theatre]], with a cast that included [[Norman Coombes]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Flip Theron]], [[Jacques Loots]], [[Ann Larson]], [[Willie Esterhuizen]], [[Trish Downing]], [[Joy Stewart Spence]], [[Michelle Maxwell]], [[Jack Payne]] and [[James Irwin]].  Later during the run [[Joy Stewart Spence]] was replaced by [[Melody O'Brian]] and [[Ann Larson]] by [[Tracey Morris]]. The production was also presented by and in the [[Baxter Theatre]] in Cape Town with [[Norman Coombes]], [[Ethwyn Grant]], [[Trish Downing]], [[Wilson Dunster]], [[Peter Krummeck]], [[Trix Pienaar]], [[Aubrey Ellis]], [[Marikie Basson]], [[Jacqui Singer]], [[Bill Jervis]] and [[Michael Drin]].
 : [[John Slemon]] snapped the play up and produced it at the [[Baxter Theatre]] (now called ''[[Send for Dolly]]''), where it was a smash hit. The adaptation by [[Roy Sargeant]] was first performed on 2 July 1986 at the [[Baxter Theatre]] Concert Hall with [[James Irwin]], [[Brenda Wood]], [[Lynita Crofford]], [[Graham Clarke]], [[Brumilda van Rensburg]], [[Ronald France]], [[Christine Basson]], [[Nico de Beer]], [[Alida Labia]], [[Richard Farmer]] and [[Don Maguire]]. Design by [[Peter Krummeck]], directed by [[Don Maguire]]. Later, renamed ''[[Send for Dolly]]'' went on to create an unofficial South African record for a straight play when it ran for 48 weeks at the [[Academy Theatre]] in Johannesburg.

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		+	Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987'').
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 =Filmed version=
-The play was filmed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[['n Seder Val in Waterkloof]]'' in 1978. Produced by [[Tommie Meyer]], written by [[P.G. du Plessis]], directed by [[Franz Marx]], with [[Magda Beukes]], [[Paul Malherbe]], [[Wilna Snyman]], [[Don Leonard]], [[Woutrine Theron]], [[Leonora Nel]], [[Tarina Kleyn]], [[Alex Heyns]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Kristo Pienaar]], [[P.W. Marais]], [[Vera Johns]], [[Volenté Bertotti]] and [[Pierre de Wet]]. Cinematography by [[Paul Marais]] and film Editing by [[Johan Lategan]].
+The play was filmed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[['n Seder Val in Waterkloof]]'' in 1978. Produced by [[Tommie Meyer]], written by [[P.G. du Plessis]], directed by [[Franz Marx]], with [[Magda Beukes]], [[Paul Malherbe]], [[Wilna Snyman]], [[Don Leonard]], [[Woutrine Theron]], [[Leonora Nel]], [[Tarina Kleyn]], [[Alex Heyns]], [[Bill Flynn]], [[Kristo Pienaar]], [[P.W. Marais]], [[Vera Johns]], [[Volenté Bertotti]] and [[Pierre de Wet]]. Cinematography by [[Paul Marais]] and editing by [[Johan Lategan]].
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 == Productions in [[Afrikaans]] ==
-: First staged by [[PACT]], in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], Pretoria, opening on 1 July. Directed by [[Francois Swart]], with [[Johan Malherbe]] (J-D van Vuuren), [[Annette Engelbrecht]] (Sus van Vuuren), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Vredelief van Vuuren), [[Don Lamprecht]] (Ou-oom Tampan), [[Franz Marx]] (Van van Vuuren),  [[Wilna Snyman]] (Sally van Vuuren), [[George Ballot]] (Archibald van Vuuren), [[Woutrine Theron]] (Mercia van Vuuren), [[Magda Beukes]] (Poppie Olivier), [[David van der Merwe]] (Prof Lategan) and [[Cobus Visser]] (Prof Vredenburg). Decor and costumes by [[Chris van den Berg]], sound by [[Don Lampbrecht]]. After the Pretoria run, the production transferred to the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg in August.
+: First staged by [[PACT]], in the [[Breytenbach Theatre]], Pretoria, opening on 1 July. Directed by [[Francois Swart]], with [[Johan Malherbe]] (J-D van Vuuren), [[Annette Engelbrecht]] (Sus van Vuuren), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Vredelief van Vuuren), [[Don Lamprecht]] (Ou-oom Tampan), [[Franz Marx]] (Van van Vuuren),  [[Wilna Snyman]] (Sally van Vuuren), [[George Ballot]] (Archibald van Vuuren), [[Woutrine Theron]] (Mercia van Vuuren), [[Magda Beukes]] (Poppie Olivier), [[David van der Merwe]] (Prof Lategan) and [[Cobus Visser]] (Prof Vredenburg). Decor and costumes by [[Chris van den Berg]], sound by [[Don Lamprecht]]. After the Pretoria run, the production transferred to the [[Alexander Theatre]] in Johannesburg in August.
 : A second run of the production staged at the [[Breytenbach Theatre]].