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'''Andries de Klerk''' (19**-) Playwright.
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Also known as '''[[A.J.B. de Klerk]]'''
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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Started in Pretoria (with [[Volksteater]]?*), then moved to Cape Town ([[K.A.T.]]?*). Husband of [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]].
 
Started in Pretoria (with [[Volksteater]]?*), then moved to Cape Town ([[K.A.T.]]?*). Husband of [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]].
  
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Wrote ''[[Die Ring]]'', a one-act play, with [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]]; the one-act play ''[[Die Verstoteling]]''; ''[[Die Ongebore Dag]]'' and the one-act play ''[[Plaas Toe]]''.
 
  
He translated the play ''[[Grumpy]]'' into [[Afrikaans]] with the title ''Oupa Brompie'' as well as ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' entitled ''[[Onnies en Ouers]]''.
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He co-wrote a number of plays with his wife [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]], including ''[[Die Ring]]'', ''[[Die Verstoteling]]''; ''[[Plaas-toe]]'' and the historical drama ''[[Die Ongebore Dag]]''.
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He translated a number of plays into [[Afrikaans]], including ''[[Grumpy]]'' as ''[[Oupa Brompie]]'' ("Grandfather Grumpy") ,  ''[[The Happiest Days of Your Life]]'' as  ''[[Onnies en Ouers]]'' ("teachers and guys")  and an unnamed play by Valentin Petrovich Kataev as ''[[Vlieg Sonder Vlerke]]'' ("Fly without wings").
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Latest revision as of 07:33, 14 June 2023

Andries de Klerk (19**-) Playwright.

Also known as A.J.B. de Klerk

Biography

Started in Pretoria (with Volksteater?*), then moved to Cape Town (K.A.T.?*). Husband of Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk.

Training

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He co-wrote a number of plays with his wife Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk, including Die Ring, Die Verstoteling; Plaas-toe and the historical drama Die Ongebore Dag.

He translated a number of plays into Afrikaans, including Grumpy as Oupa Brompie ("Grandfather Grumpy") , The Happiest Days of Your Life as Onnies en Ouers ("teachers and guys") and an unnamed play by Valentin Petrovich Kataev as Vlieg Sonder Vlerke ("Fly without wings").

Awards, etc

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