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Produced by [[CAPAB]] with the title ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'', opening on 20 May 1964, under the direction of [[Fred Engelen]]. Presented by [[PACOFS]] in 1975, directed by [[Lucille Gillwald]], starring [[De Wet van Rooyen]] and [[Marko van der Colff]]. | Produced by [[CAPAB]] with the title ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'', opening on 20 May 1964, under the direction of [[Fred Engelen]]. Presented by [[PACOFS]] in 1975, directed by [[Lucille Gillwald]], starring [[De Wet van Rooyen]] and [[Marko van der Colff]]. | ||
| − | Produced by [[CAPAB]] in English in 1965 with [[Vaughn Scott]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Paddy Canavan]] in the cast. | + | Produced by [[CAPAB]] in English in 1965 with [[Vaughn Scott]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Paddy Canavan]] in the cast. |
In September 1972 [[CAPAB]] sent [[Marie van Heerden]] to stage and direct ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' with the Kimberley Amateur Drama Society ([[KADRA]]) in the [[Kimberley Theatre]]. In the cast were [[Johan Ackerman]] (Die Man), [[Bart Viljoen]] (Die Komissaris), [[Theuns Meyer]] (Die Priester), [[Marlein du Toit]] (Die Vrou), [[Dirk Bester]] (Die Boemelaar) and [[Gerda Liebenberg]] (Die Verpleegster). | In September 1972 [[CAPAB]] sent [[Marie van Heerden]] to stage and direct ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' with the Kimberley Amateur Drama Society ([[KADRA]]) in the [[Kimberley Theatre]]. In the cast were [[Johan Ackerman]] (Die Man), [[Bart Viljoen]] (Die Komissaris), [[Theuns Meyer]] (Die Priester), [[Marlein du Toit]] (Die Vrou), [[Dirk Bester]] (Die Boemelaar) and [[Gerda Liebenberg]] (Die Verpleegster). | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 25 May 2015
Trap for a Lonely Man, (Piège pour un homme seul) a play in four acts by the French playwright Robert Thomas written and published in French in 1960. The play is commonly known in English speaking countries as Trap for a Lonely Man or Trap for a Single Man, and was filmed as One of My Wives Is Missing (1976) and Vanishing Act (1986).
Performance history in South Africa
Lokval Vir 'n Man Alleen., directed by Victor Melleney for PACT in 1963, starring Cobus Rossouw, Jan Bruijns, Francois Swart, Jannie Gildenhuys, Kita Redelinghuijs and Leonora Nel. Performed in the Civic Theatre Johannesburg, National Theatre Pretoria and taken on tour in the Transvaal.
Produced by CAPAB with the title Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man, opening on 20 May 1964, under the direction of Fred Engelen. Presented by PACOFS in 1975, directed by Lucille Gillwald, starring De Wet van Rooyen and Marko van der Colff.
Produced by CAPAB in English in 1965 with Vaughn Scott, Simon Swindell, Yvonne Bryceland and Paddy Canavan in the cast.
In September 1972 CAPAB sent Marie van Heerden to stage and direct Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man with the Kimberley Amateur Drama Society (KADRA) in the Kimberley Theatre. In the cast were Johan Ackerman (Die Man), Bart Viljoen (Die Komissaris), Theuns Meyer (Die Priester), Marlein du Toit (Die Vrou), Dirk Bester (Die Boemelaar) and Gerda Liebenberg (Die Verpleegster).
In August 1976 the Libertas Teaterklub staged Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man in Stellenbosch, directed by Marie van Heerden, with Henry Mylne (Die Man), Anton van Niekerk (Die Kommissaris), Casper Badenhorst (Die Priester), Elsabé Grobbelaar (Die Vrou), Leon van Heerden (Die Boemelaar), Patricia Pieterse (Die Verpleegster).
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans from the original French by Joan Brink titled Lokval Vir 'n Man Alleen.
Another translation into Afrikaans by ? is titled Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man.
Sources
PACT report 1963/64.
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/Trap_for_a_Solitary_Man
CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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