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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Based on the award-winning [[Afrikaans]] novel ''[[Bart Nel, de opstandeling]]'' by J. van Melle (), the play is an adaptation by [[Pieter Fourie]], for performance by the [[KRUIK]] company in Cape Town.
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Based on the award-winning novel ''[[Bart Nel, de opstandeling]]'' by the [[Dutch]] and [[Afrikaans]] author [[Jan van Melle]] (1887-1953),
  
The novel was published in 1936,
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Interestingly the novel was originally written in [[Dutch]], but with the dialogue in [[Afrikaans]], and published so in 1936 as ''[[Bart Nel, de opstandeling]]'' ("Bart Nel the rebel"). In 1942 he reworked the book into [[Afrikaans]] with the title ''En ek is nog hy'' ("I am still he"), with later editions being published as ''[[Bart Nel]]''.
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[[Pieter Fourie]] adapted the play for the stage in 1972 for performance by the [[Cape Performing Arts Council]] [[Afrikaans]] company in Cape Town.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Revision as of 06:47, 27 January 2023

Bart Nel is a stage play by Pieter Fourie (1940-2021).

The original text

Based on the award-winning novel Bart Nel, de opstandeling by the Dutch and Afrikaans author Jan van Melle (1887-1953),

Interestingly the novel was originally written in Dutch, but with the dialogue in Afrikaans, and published so in 1936 as Bart Nel, de opstandeling ("Bart Nel the rebel"). In 1942 he reworked the book into Afrikaans with the title En ek is nog hy ("I am still he"), with later editions being published as Bart Nel.

Pieter Fourie adapted the play for the stage in 1972 for performance by the Cape Performing Arts Council Afrikaans company in Cape Town.

Performance history in South Africa

1972: Premièred in the Nico Malan Theatre in June 1972, a CAPAB production directed by Pieter Fourie, with Pieter Joubert (Bart), Babs Laker (Fransina), Mees Xteen (Ferdinand), Hanlé de Wit/Elmaré Langenhoven/Annette Engelbrecht (Annekie), Pieter Geldenhuys (Oom Kasper), Anna Cloete (Tant Johanna), André Rossouw (Japie), Marie van Heerden (Martha), Pieter Geldenhuys (Oom Giel), Roelf Laubscher (Oom Gawie), Willem de la Querra (Oom Koert), Paul Eilers (Pieter), Pierre Knoesen (Fransoois), Marie Pentz (Aletta), Trudi du Plessis (Maria), Price Coetzee (Malherbe), Willem de la Querra (Maritz) and Aletta Bezuidenhout (Bediende). Décor by Pieter de Swardt and costumes by Price Coetzee and Annette Engelbrecht.

Filmed for television in 19** by **, starring **, Carel Trichardt.**

Translations and adaptations

Sources

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_van_Melle

CAPAB theatre programme June 1972.

Copy of the original typed text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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