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 : Presented in English by the [[Theatre Players]], produced by [[Cyril Chosack]], [[Cathedral Hall]], Cape Town, with [[Audrey Pearce]], [[John Becker]], [[Jimmy Gordon]], [[Reg Wilkinson]]. Designs by [[Jennifer Craig]]
-: The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by [[K.A.T.]], featuring students of the [[ADK|A.D.K.]] (including [[Doreen Brink]]), directed by [[Ria Olivier]].
+: The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by [[K.A.T.]], featuring students of the [[ADK|A.D.K.]] (including [[Doreen Brink]] and a 12 year old [[Louis van Niekerk]]), directed by [[Ria Olivier]].
 : Presented by [[JAATS]] from 6 to 16 June in the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Suzanne van Wyk]] with [[Aletta Gericke]] in the lead.

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 : Presented in English by the [[Theatre Players]], produced by [[Cyril Chosack]], [[Cathedral Hall]], Cape Town, with [[Audrey Pearce]], [[John Becker]], [[Jimmy Gordon]], [[Reg Wilkinson]]. Designs by [[Jennifer Craig]]
-: The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by [[K.A.T.]], featuring students of the [[ADK|A.D.K.]] (including Doreen Brink), directed by [[Ria Olivier]].
+: The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by [[K.A.T.]], featuring students of the [[ADK|A.D.K.]] (including [[Doreen Brink]]), directed by [[Ria Olivier]].
 : Presented by [[JAATS]] from 6 to 16 June in the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Suzanne van Wyk]] with [[Aletta Gericke]] in the lead.

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 ''[[I Remember Mama]]'' is a 1944 play by English playwright and theatre director John van Druten (1901-1957) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Druten].
-Translated in Afrikaans as ''[[Ek Onthou vir Mamma]]'' by [[Fred le Roux]].
+Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Ek Onthou vir Mamma]]'' by [[Fred le Roux]].
 == The original play ==

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 ''[[I Remember Mama]]'' is a 1944 play by English playwright and theatre director John van Druten (1901-1957) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Druten].
 == The original play ==
 Based on the fictionalized memoir ''[[Mama's Bank Account]]'' by American writer and memoirist Kathryn Forbes (1908-1966) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Forbes], it focuses on the Hanson family, a loving family of Norwegian immigrants living at 115 Steiner Street (identified as Larkin Hill in the 1948 film) in San Francisco in the 1910s.
 Produced by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, the Broadway production opened on October 19, 1944 at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 713 performances. The cast included Mady Christians, Oscar Homolka, Joan Tetzel and Marlon Brando, making his Broadway debut as Nels.
 == Translations ==
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 : Presented by [[JAATS]] from 6 to 16 June in the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg, directed by [[Suzanne van Wyk]] with [[Aletta Gericke]] in the lead.
 : The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was performed by [[National Theatre Organisation]],  playing for 263 performances. It was directed by [[Aletta Gericke]] and starred [[Johann Nell]], [[Wena Naudé]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[Martie Groenewald]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Bobbette Fouché]], [[Nilo Naudé van Zyl|Nilo Naudé-van Zijl]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Daan Retief]], [[Elsa Fouché]], [[Tilana Hanekom]] and [[Helix Meyer]]. Decor by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]], costumes by [[Ann Case]], lighting by [[Harry Ligoff]].
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 [[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
 See [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performances in South Africa ==
-: Presented in English by the [[Theatre Players]], produced by [[Cyril Chosack]], [[Cathedral Hall]], Cape Town, with [[Audrey Pearce]], [[John Becker]], [[Jimmy Gordon]], [[Reg Wilkinson]].
+: Presented in English by the [[Theatre Players]], produced by [[Cyril Chosack]], [[Cathedral Hall]], Cape Town, with [[Audrey Pearce]], [[John Becker]], [[Jimmy Gordon]], [[Reg Wilkinson]]. Designs by [[Jennifer Craig]]
 : The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by [[K.A.T.]], featuring students of the [[ADK|A.D.K.]] (including Doreen Brink), directed by [[Ria Olivier]].

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 ''Wikipedia'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Remember_Mama]
-''South African Opinion'', 4(1):23, 1947.
+''[[South African Opinion]]'', 4(1):23, 1947.
 Undated newspaper clipping found in a scrapbook prepared by Sophie Snyman, student in Speech and Drama at the [[University of Stellenbosch]], dated 1951.

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 == Translations ==
 Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Ek Onthou vir Mamma]]'' ("I Remember Mama") by [[Fred le Roux]]  in 1948. Published by [[DALRO]], 1969.
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 : The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by [[K.A.T.]], featuring students of the [[ADK|A.D.K.]] (including Doreen Brink), directed by [[Ria Olivier]].
 : The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was performed by [[National Theatre Organisation]],  playing for 263 performances. It was directed by [[Aletta Gericke]] and starred [[Johann Nell]], [[Wena Naudé]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[Martie Groenewald]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Bobbette Fouché]], [[Nilo Naudé van Zyl|Nilo Naudé-van Zijl]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Daan Retief]], [[Elsa Fouché]], [[Tilana Hanekom]] and [[Helix Meyer]]. Decor by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]], costumes by [[Ann Case]], lighting by [[Harry Ligoff]].
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 ''South African Opinion'', 4(1):23, 1947.
 [[NTO]] theatre programme, 1954.

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 : The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by [[K.A.T.]], featuring students of the [[ADK|A.D.K.]], directed by [[Ria Olivier]].
-: The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was performed by [[National Theatre Orgnisation]],  playing for 263 performances. It was directed by [[Aletta Gericke]] and starred [[Johann Nell]], [[Wena Naudé]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[Martie Groenewald]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Bobbette Fouché]], [[Nilo Naudé van Zyl|Nilo Naudé-van Zijl]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Daan Retief]], [[Elsa Fouché]], [[Tilana Hanekom]] and [[Helix Meyer]]. Decor by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]], costumes by [[Ann Case]], lighting by [[Harry Ligoff]].
+: The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was performed by [[National Theatre Organisation]],  playing for 263 performances. It was directed by [[Aletta Gericke]] and starred [[Johann Nell]], [[Wena Naudé]], [[Mathilde Hanekom]], [[Martie Groenewald]], [[Reenen van Niekerk]], [[Bobbette Fouché]], [[Nilo Naudé van Zyl|Nilo Naudé-van Zijl]], [[Eghard van der Hoven]], [[Daan Retief]], [[Elsa Fouché]], [[Tilana Hanekom]] and [[Helix Meyer]]. Decor by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]], costumes by [[Ann Case]], lighting by [[Harry Ligoff]].
 : The [[Fred le Roux|Le Roux]] [[Afrikaans]] translation was presented by the [[Universiteit van Pretoria Drama Departement|University of Pretoria Drama Department]] at Die Masker starring first year students in October, under the direction of [[Hannes Horne]]