Donderdag se Mense - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Translations and adaptations

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Performance history in South Africa

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The original text

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The original text

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Performance history in South Africa

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Sources

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−	'''''Donderdag se Mense''''' ([[Afrikaans]] for ''"Thursday's People"'') is a play by [[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-).	+	'''''Donderdag se Mense''''' ([[Afrikaans]] for ''"Thursday's People"'') is a play by [[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-2021).

	== The original text ==		== The original text ==

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−	1990: First performed by [[PACT]], opening in the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Johannesburg on the 17th March and in the [[Momentum Theatre]] at the [[State Theatre]] complex on 2 April and playing till the 28th. Directed by [[Deon Opperman]], with [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Piet), [[Lida Meiring]] (Letta), [[Peter Se-Puma]] (Tern) and [[Noria Mabuela]] (Sina). Set designed by [[Nadya Cohen]], with lighting by [[~~Jaques~~ Mulder]].	+	1990: First performed by [[PACT]], opening in the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Johannesburg on the 17th March and in the [[Momentum Theatre]] at the [[State Theatre]] complex on 2 April and playing till the 28th. Directed by [[Deon Opperman]], with [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Piet), [[Lida Meiring]] (Letta), [[Peter Se-Puma]] (Tern) and [[Noria Mabuela]] (Sina). Set designed by [[Nadya Cohen]], with lighting by [[Jacques Mulder]].

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		+	Performing rights for the play granted by [[DALRO]] to the [[SABC]] in May 1997.

	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

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	1990: First performed by [[PACT]], opening in the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Johannesburg on the 17th March and in the [[Momentum Theatre]] at the [[State Theatre]] complex on 2 April and playing till the 28th. Directed by [[Deon Opperman]], with [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Piet), [[Lida Meiring]] (Letta), [[Peter Se-Puma]] (Tern) and [[Noria Mabuela]] (Sina). Set designed by [[Nadya Cohen]], with lighting by [[Jaques Mulder]].		1990: First performed by [[PACT]], opening in the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Johannesburg on the 17th March and in the [[Momentum Theatre]] at the [[State Theatre]] complex on 2 April and playing till the 28th. Directed by [[Deon Opperman]], with [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Piet), [[Lida Meiring]] (Letta), [[Peter Se-Puma]] (Tern) and [[Noria Mabuela]] (Sina). Set designed by [[Nadya Cohen]], with lighting by [[Jaques Mulder]].
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 The third play in Fourie's  original trilogy of "farm tragedies" (following on ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' and ''[[Die Koggelaar]]''), the play deals with declining moral values and the exploitation of farm workers in South Africa through the juxtaposed portrayal of the lives of two linked families - one white, one black. Written in 1998 and published by [[HAUM]]-literêr in 1989,  the text was submitted to [[PACT]] for performance in terms of his contract with them as Resident Dramatist and [[SACPAC]] award-winner. It had its first performance in 1990.
-The original production and text had a very mixed reaction from critics at the time, ranging from total rejection to high praise.
+The original production and text had a very mixed reaction from critics at the time, ranging from high praise to total rejection - particularly in comparison to the other two plays in the trilogy.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	The third play in Fourie's original trilogy of "farm tragedies" (following on ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' and ''[[Die Koggelaar]]''), the play deals with declining moral values and the exploitation of farm workers in South Africa through the juxtaposed portrayal of the lives of two linked families - one white, one black. Written in 1998 and published by [[HAUM]]-literêr in 1989, the text was submitted to [[PACT]] for performance in terms of his contract with them as Resident Dramatist and [[SACPAC]] award-winner. It had its first performance in 1990.		The third play in Fourie's original trilogy of "farm tragedies" (following on ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' and ''[[Die Koggelaar]]''), the play deals with declining moral values and the exploitation of farm workers in South Africa through the juxtaposed portrayal of the lives of two linked families - one white, one black. Written in 1998 and published by [[HAUM]]-literêr in 1989, the text was submitted to [[PACT]] for performance in terms of his contract with them as Resident Dramatist and [[SACPAC]] award-winner. It had its first performance in 1990.
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		+	The original production and text had a very mixed reaction from critics at the time, ranging from total rejection to high praise.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First performed by [[PACT]], opening in the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Johannesburg on the 17th March and in the [[Momentum Theatre]] at the [[State Theatre]] complex on 2 April and playing till the 28th. Directed by [[Deon Opperman]], with [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Piet), [[Lida Meiring]] (Letta), [[Peter Se-Puma]] (Tern) and [[Noria Mabuela]] (Sina). Set designed by [[Nadya Cohen]].
+: First performed by [[PACT]], opening in the [[Windybrow Theatre]], Johannesburg on the 17th March and in the [[Momentum Theatre]] at the [[State Theatre]] complex on 2 April and playing till the 28th. Directed by [[Deon Opperman]], with [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Piet), [[Lida Meiring]] (Letta), [[Peter Se-Puma]] (Tern) and [[Noria Mabuela]] (Sina). Set designed by [[Nadya Cohen]], with lighting by [[Jaques Mulder]].
 == Sources ==

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 == The original text ==
-A play dealing with declining moral values and the exploitation of farm workers, this was the third play in Fourie's  original trilogy of "farm tragedies", following on ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' (1986) and ''[[Die Koggelaar]]'' (1988).
+The third play in Fourie's  original trilogy of "farm tragedies" (following on ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' and ''[[Die Koggelaar]]''), the play deals with declining moral values and the exploitation of farm workers in South Africa through the juxtaposed portrayal of the lives of two linked families - one white, one black. Written in 1998 and published by [[HAUM]]-literêr in 1989,  the text was submitted to [[PACT]] for performance in terms of his contract with them as Resident Dramatist and [[SACPAC]] award-winner. It had its first performance in 1990.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Sources ==
-''[[Sunday Star]]'' 18 March 1990.
+''[[The Star|Sunday Star]]'' 18 March 1990.
 [[PACT]] theatre programme, 1990.