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'''''Het Hemelbed: toneelspel in drie bedrijven''''' (“The Heaven Bed: a play in three acts”) is a 1951 two-hander play by Dutch author Jan de Hartog (1914-2002) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_de_Hartog].
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
'''''The Fourposter''''', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourposter] the English version by the playwright, premiered on Broadway in October 1951.
 
 
 
[[Afrikaans]] translation by [[Sandra Kotzé]] under the title '''''Die Hemelbed'''''.  Published by Nas Bib. (Available at Dalro [http://www.dalro.co.za/])
 
 
 
Another translation was done from English into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Fred le Roux]] with the alternative titles '''''Die Dubbelbed''''' and '''''Die Hemelbed'''''.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
1954: ''The Fourposter'' was presented by the [[Brian Brooke Company]] starring English actors Michael and Dulcie Dennison. Set by [[Frank Graves]]. Toured to Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, East London, King Williams Town, Durban’s [[Little Theatre]],  Christmas season 1954.
 
 
 
1963: The Le Roux translation was presented  as ''Die Hemelbed'' by [[Kaapse Streektoneel]] on tour to Clanwilliam, Van Rhynsdorp, Nieuwoudtville, Williston, Fraserburg and Calvinia starring [[Tine Balder]] and [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], directed by [[Paul Malherbe]].
 
 
 
1963: The Kotzé translation, ''Die Hemelbed'' was produced by [[Fred Engelen]] for [[CAPAB]] with [[Tine Balder]] and [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (and [[Paul Malherbe]]?) on a tour which began on 18 November at Jan Kempdorp.
 
 
 
1964: The Le Roux translation, ''Die Dubbelbed'' was presented by [[PACT]] in the [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg, the [[National Theatre]], Pretoria and toured the Transvaal. [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] directed and acted with [[Joan Brink]]. Decor by [[Raimond Schoop]] and costumes by [[Margaret Louttit]].
 
 
 
1973: The Le Roux translation, ''Die Hemelbed'' was staged by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Gerrit Geertsema]], with [[Anton Welman]] and [[Trudi du Plessis]]. Decor by [[David Sidey]] and costumes by [[Errol Ross]].
 
 
 
1974: The Le Roux translation, ''Die Hemelbed'' was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Carel Trichardt]], with [[Louis van Niekerk]] and [[Reza de Wet]]. Decor and costumes by [[Johan Engels]].
 
 
 
19**: The Le Roux translation, ''Die Dubbelbed'' was staged by [[NAPAC]], directed by [[Pieter Geldenhuys]], featuring [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Jeanette Hanekom]]. Decor by [[Doug Fairall]] and costumes by [[Lucille Cross]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Bri-Bru|Brooke]] 1978. 250.
 
 
 
Kaapse Streektoneel programme, 1963.
 
 
 
[[PACT]] report, 1963/64.
 
 
 
[[PACOFS]] theatre programme 1973.
 
 
 
[[PACT]] theatre programme 1974.
 
 
 
[[NAPAC]] theatre programme (undated).
 
 
 
[[Wilhelm Grütter| Grütter, Wilhelm]], [[CAPAB]] 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research.p 15.
 
 
 
[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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