Die Óórmaak van Mnr Venter
Die Óórmaak van Mnr Venter ("The remaking of Mr Venter") is an Afrikaans one-act farce in four scenes by Anton Haarhoff (1945-).
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The Venter children are organising a dance party at their home and are embarrassed by their father's old-style clothing and manner, so they try to remake him in a more contemporary fashion. However, when he pitches up in blue suede shoes and shows his dancing moves, they find they may have created something they do not want...
Published in the collectionb Die Spieël en die Weerkaatsing by Academica in 1985.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Temple Hauptfleisch 1985. Die Spieël en die Weerkaatsing. Pretoria: Academica
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