Gert Garries – 'n Baaisiekel Babelas - Revision history

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The original text

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Performance history in South Africa

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''[[Gert Garries – 'n Baaisiekel Babelas]]'' ("Gert Garries - a bicycle hangover") is a play by [[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-)

Also

==The original text==

Based on scenes from [[Etienne Leroux]]'s controversial novel ''Magersfontein, O Magersfontein''.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

2002: Produced by [[Rooderandt Produksies]], at the [[KKNK]] in April, directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] with [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]] as Assistant director and stage manager. The cast included [[Anthony Wilson]] and [[Dawid Minnaar]].

2002: Produced by [[Rooderandt Produksies]], at [[Artscape]] directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] with [[Anthony Wilson]] and [[Lourens Smith]]. [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]] was assistant director and stage manager.

== Sources ==

[[Nico Luwes]] 2010. ''[[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp.558-566 [http://etd.uovs.ac.za/ETD-db//theses/available/etd-08102012-152250/unrestricted/LuwesNJ.pdf]

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 The text was never published.
-Fourie for a while contemplated a sequel, to be called '''''[[Gert Garries en die Magersfontein Baaiskoup]]''''' ("Gert Garries and the Magersfontein bioscope"), but in view of some negative criticism for the production, he never did.
+== A possible sequel ==
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 : Produced by [[Rooderandt Produksies]], at the [[KKNK]] in April,  directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] with [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]] as Assistant director and stage manager. The cast included  [[Anthony Wilson]] and  [[Dawid Minnaar]]. It opened in the [[SANW-ouditorium]] in Oudtshoorn on the 30th of March.
 : Performed at the [[Volksblad Fees]] in Bloemfontein in July
-: Performed at the [[Whale Festival]], Hermanus
+: Performed at the [[Hermanus Whale Festival]] in Hermanus in September
-: Performed at the [[Aardklop]] festival in Potchefstroom in September.
+: Performed at the [[Aardklop]] festival in Potchefstroom in October.
-*: Performed at a school reunion of the Hoërskool M.T. Steyn in **, attended by the author.
+: Performed at [[Artscape]], Cape Town in October.
 == Sources ==

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 : Produced by [[Rooderandt Produksies]], at [[Artscape]]  directed by [[Marthinus Basson]] with [[Anthony Wilson]] and [[Lourens Smith]]. [[Gaerin Hauptfleisch]] was assistant director and stage manager.
-: Performed at the Volksblad Fees in Bloemfontein in July
+: Performed at the [[Volksblad Fees]] in Bloemfontein in July
 : Performed at the [[Whale Festival]], Hermanus
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 : Performed at the [[Aardklop]] festival in Potchefstroom in September.
 *: Performed at a school reunion of the Hoërskool M.T. Steyn in **, attended by the author.
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
-Based on scenes from the controversial yet acclaimed novel ''Magersfontein, O Magersfontein'' by Fourie's mentor and friend [[Etienne Leroux]] (pen name of Stephen le Roux).
+Based on two characters and a variety of scenes from the controversial yet acclaimed satirical novel ''Magersfontein, O Magersfontein'' by Fourie's mentor and friend [[Etienne Leroux]] (pen name of Stephen le Roux), the idea of a play was planted in Fourie's imagination during a conversation with Leroux shortly before the latter's death in 1989, but only came to fruition in 2002. Billed as "'n Baldadige reaksie op ''Magersfontein, O Magersfontein''!" ("a boisterous response to ''Magersfontein, O Magersfontein''!") the play is a surrealist comedy telling of the travails and triumphs of the "coloured" farm worker Gert Garries and Le Grange, the white policeman. It was first performed by [[Rooderandt Produksies]] at the [[KKNK]] in 2002, and published by
 ==Translations and adaptations==