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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1959: First produced on 11 May, as a double bill with ''[[Meisies van Vervloë Dae]]'', by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in its [[NTO]] [[Kamertoneel]]. Directed by [[Bartho Smit]] himself, with [[Milla Louw]] as "Moeder Hanna", [[Johan Malherbe]] as "Ouboeta", [[Jan Bruyns]] as "Bart Harmse", [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] "Oupa" and [[Lynette Kotzé]] as the daughter "Maria". Two soldiers were played by [[Piet Bezuidenhout]] and [[Douglas Winn]]. | + | 1959: First produced professionally on 11 May, as a double bill with ''[[Meisies van Vervloë Dae]]'', by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in its [[NTO]] [[Kamertoneel]]. Directed by [[Bartho Smit]] himself, with [[Milla Louw]] as "Moeder Hanna", [[Johan Malherbe]] as "Ouboeta", [[Jan Bruyns]] as "Bart Harmse", [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] "Oupa" and [[Lynette Kotzé]] as the daughter "Maria". Two soldiers were played by [[Piet Bezuidenhout]] and [[Douglas Winn]]. |
1959: Produced by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in the [[Bellville Kamertoneel]] with a Cape-based company consisting of [[Babs Laker]] ("Hanna"), [[Leonora Nel]] ("Maria"), [[Jan van Zyl]] ("Bart Harmse"), [[Cobus Rossouw]] ("Oupa Harmse") and [[Matthys du Toit]] ("Ouboeta"), this time with ''[[Die Les]]'' (Ionesco) as a double bill. [[Bartho Smit]] directed. Decor was by [[Frank Graves]] and costumes by [[Doreen Graves]]. [[Athol Fugard]] was the stage manager, lighting by [[Pip Marshall]]. | 1959: Produced by [[National Theatre Organisation]] in the [[Bellville Kamertoneel]] with a Cape-based company consisting of [[Babs Laker]] ("Hanna"), [[Leonora Nel]] ("Maria"), [[Jan van Zyl]] ("Bart Harmse"), [[Cobus Rossouw]] ("Oupa Harmse") and [[Matthys du Toit]] ("Ouboeta"), this time with ''[[Die Les]]'' (Ionesco) as a double bill. [[Bartho Smit]] directed. Decor was by [[Frank Graves]] and costumes by [[Doreen Graves]]. [[Athol Fugard]] was the stage manager, lighting by [[Pip Marshall]]. | ||
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1963(?): Staged in the [[Y- Club Theatre]], Durban, by [[NAPAC]], as one of its first Afrikaans productions. Directed by [[Elma Krynauw]], with [[Jeanette Hanekom]] ("Moeder Hanna"), [[Carel Trichardt]] ("Oupa Harmse"), [[Bertie Heiberg]] ("Bart Harmse"), [[Petru Wessels]] (credited as [[Petro Wessels]], "Maria"), [[Siegfried Schumann]] ("Ouboeta") and [[Peter Millin]] ("Soldaat"). | 1963(?): Staged in the [[Y- Club Theatre]], Durban, by [[NAPAC]], as one of its first Afrikaans productions. Directed by [[Elma Krynauw]], with [[Jeanette Hanekom]] ("Moeder Hanna"), [[Carel Trichardt]] ("Oupa Harmse"), [[Bertie Heiberg]] ("Bart Harmse"), [[Petru Wessels]] (credited as [[Petro Wessels]], "Maria"), [[Siegfried Schumann]] ("Ouboeta") and [[Peter Millin]] ("Soldaat"). | ||
| − | 1970: Performed by [[CAPAB]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, on the cancellation of ''[[Putsonderwater]]'' (banned by the ), as a double bill with an [[Afrikaans]] version of Chekov's ''[[The Proposal]]'' | + | 1970: Performed by [[CAPAB]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, on the cancellation of ''[[Putsonderwater]]'' (banned by the ), as a double bill with ''[[Ouers-Vra]]'' (an [[Afrikaans]] version of Chekov's ''[[The Proposal]]''). Directed by [[Bartho Smit]], with a cast consisting of [[Siegfried Mynhardt]], [[Percy Sieff]], [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]], [[Sandra Kotzé]], [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Pieter de Swardt]] and [[Martin Crous]]. Stage manager [[Mavis Lilenstein]], decor and lighting by [[Pieter de Swardt]], costumes designed by [[Elaine Aucamp]]. |
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Revision as of 16:42, 6 April 2020
Moeder Hanna ("Mother Hanna") is a play in two acts by Bartho Smit (1924 - 1986).
Contents
The original text
A drama about the dilemma of a mother and her menfolk in the dying moments of the Anglo-Boer War, the theme was developed over the course of about ten years while the author was studying and travelling in Europe and the final text written in London and Paris over the course of in 1954 and 1955.
Published in the academic journal Standpunte, 10(3):3-30. January, 1956, and by the Afrikaanse Persboekhandel in 1959, it was reprinted numerous times thereafter.
Translations and adaptations
Filmed for TV by the SABC in 1976, directed by Fred Nel, with Siegfried Mynhardt, Kita Redelinghuys, Marie Koeleman, Pieter Bredenkamp, Adriaan van Niekerk, Nico Germishuyse, Chris van Niekerk. Music by Walter C. Jouval, cinematography André van den Heever, editing by Axel Kompat, production design by Heinrich van der Walt, makeup by Alvino Willemse, sound by Roy Smithers, lighting by Angus Clarke, camera operators Terry Delahunt and Nick Herholdt, production assistant Frans Fourie and production secretary Karen Pepler.
Broadcast on 4 October 1976.
Performance history in South Africa
1959: First produced professionally on 11 May, as a double bill with Meisies van Vervloë Dae, by National Theatre Organisation in its NTO Kamertoneel. Directed by Bartho Smit himself, with Milla Louw as "Moeder Hanna", Johan Malherbe as "Ouboeta", Jan Bruyns as "Bart Harmse", Siegfried Mynhardt "Oupa" and Lynette Kotzé as the daughter "Maria". Two soldiers were played by Piet Bezuidenhout and Douglas Winn.
1959: Produced by National Theatre Organisation in the Bellville Kamertoneel with a Cape-based company consisting of Babs Laker ("Hanna"), Leonora Nel ("Maria"), Jan van Zyl ("Bart Harmse"), Cobus Rossouw ("Oupa Harmse") and Matthys du Toit ("Ouboeta"), this time with Die Les (Ionesco) as a double bill. Bartho Smit directed. Decor was by Frank Graves and costumes by Doreen Graves. Athol Fugard was the stage manager, lighting by Pip Marshall.
1963(?): Staged in the Y- Club Theatre, Durban, by NAPAC, as one of its first Afrikaans productions. Directed by Elma Krynauw, with Jeanette Hanekom ("Moeder Hanna"), Carel Trichardt ("Oupa Harmse"), Bertie Heiberg ("Bart Harmse"), Petru Wessels (credited as Petro Wessels, "Maria"), Siegfried Schumann ("Ouboeta") and Peter Millin ("Soldaat").
1970: Performed by CAPAB at the Hofmeyr Theatre, Cape Town, on the cancellation of Putsonderwater (banned by the ), as a double bill with Ouers-Vra (an Afrikaans version of Chekov's The Proposal). Directed by Bartho Smit, with a cast consisting of Siegfried Mynhardt, Percy Sieff, Kita Redelinghuijs, Sandra Kotzé, Cobus Rossouw, Pieter de Swardt and Martin Crous. Stage manager Mavis Lilenstein, decor and lighting by Pieter de Swardt, costumes designed by Elaine Aucamp.
Sources
CAPAB 25 years. Unpublished research. p 445.
CAPAB theatre programme, 1970.
NAPAC theatre programme (undated).
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
Lantern, 9(2):192-197. Dec 1959.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8444284/
Interview-discussion about Bartho Smit, conducted by Marisa Keuris and Temple Hauptfleisch Cobus Rossouw, Sandra Kotze and Pieter Fourie in Vermont, Western Cape, on 19 February, 2020.
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