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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
1973: Staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Francois Swart]], with [[Don Lamprecht]] (Andries Stockenström), [[Will Bernard]] (Sekretaris), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Frederik Bezuidenhout), [[Tobie Cronje]] (Booi), [[Gerben Kamper]] (Jacob Erasmus), [[Eckard Rabe]] (Hans), [[Zack du Plessis]] (Johannes Londt), [[David van der Merwe]] (Flip Opperman), [[Marko van der Colff]] (Kerneels Olivier), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Jeanette), [[Wilma Stockenstrom]] (Anna) and [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Lord Charles Somerset). | 1973: Staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Francois Swart]], with [[Don Lamprecht]] (Andries Stockenström), [[Will Bernard]] (Sekretaris), [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Frederik Bezuidenhout), [[Tobie Cronje]] (Booi), [[Gerben Kamper]] (Jacob Erasmus), [[Eckard Rabe]] (Hans), [[Zack du Plessis]] (Johannes Londt), [[David van der Merwe]] (Flip Opperman), [[Marko van der Colff]] (Kerneels Olivier), [[Elise Hibbert]] (Jeanette), [[Wilma Stockenstrom]] (Anna) and [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Lord Charles Somerset). | ||
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1986: ''The Road to Slagtersnek'', the English translation by [[Michael Venables]], was staged by [[PACT]] Drama at the [[State Theatre]] Pretoria, directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]] assisted by [[Ben Kruger]]. In the cast were [[Johan Malherbe]] (Andries Stockenström), [[Frans Kalp]] (Secretary), [[Eric Nobbs]] (Frederik Bezuidenhout), [[Bill Curry]] (Booi), [[Gert van Niekerk]] (Jacob Erasmus), [[Kurt Egelhof]] (Hans), [[Pieter Brand]] (Johannes Londt), [[Ben Kruger]] (Flip Opperman), [[Chris van Niekerk]] (Kerneels Olivier), [[Ronel Kriel]] (Jeanette), [[Natalia da Rocha]] (Anna), [[Albert Raphael]] (Lord Charles Somerset), [[James Winkler]] (Soldier), [[Speedo Wilson]] (Soldier). Lighting designer [[Jacques Mulder]]. | 1986: ''The Road to Slagtersnek'', the English translation by [[Michael Venables]], was staged by [[PACT]] Drama at the [[State Theatre]] Pretoria, directed by [[Louis van Niekerk]] assisted by [[Ben Kruger]]. In the cast were [[Johan Malherbe]] (Andries Stockenström), [[Frans Kalp]] (Secretary), [[Eric Nobbs]] (Frederik Bezuidenhout), [[Bill Curry]] (Booi), [[Gert van Niekerk]] (Jacob Erasmus), [[Kurt Egelhof]] (Hans), [[Pieter Brand]] (Johannes Londt), [[Ben Kruger]] (Flip Opperman), [[Chris van Niekerk]] (Kerneels Olivier), [[Ronel Kriel]] (Jeanette), [[Natalia da Rocha]] (Anna), [[Albert Raphael]] (Lord Charles Somerset), [[James Winkler]] (Soldier), [[Speedo Wilson]] (Soldier). Lighting designer [[Jacques Mulder]]. | ||
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[[PACT]] theatre programme (''Die Verhoor''), 1973. | [[PACT]] theatre programme (''Die Verhoor''), 1973. | ||
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[[PACT]] theatre programme (''The Road to Slagtersnek''), 1986. | [[PACT]] theatre programme (''The Road to Slagtersnek''), 1986. | ||
Revision as of 05:41, 6 October 2015
Die Verhoor (“The Trial”) is a 1970 Afrikaans play by André P. Brink. A dramatization of the 1830s rebellion by the Dutch farmers of the Eastern Cape border against British Colonial rule. First published by Human and Rousseau in in 1970.
NOTE: Die Verhoor is also the title of an Afrikaans translation by Chris Fourie of a 1972 one-act play for women by Anthony Booth - see: The Trial.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English by Michael Venables under the title The Road to Slagtersnek.
Performance history in South Africa
1973: Staged by PACT, directed by Francois Swart, with Don Lamprecht (Andries Stockenström), Will Bernard (Sekretaris), Louis van Niekerk (Frederik Bezuidenhout), Tobie Cronje (Booi), Gerben Kamper (Jacob Erasmus), Eckard Rabe (Hans), Zack du Plessis (Johannes Londt), David van der Merwe (Flip Opperman), Marko van der Colff (Kerneels Olivier), Elise Hibbert (Jeanette), Wilma Stockenstrom (Anna) and Siegfried Mynhardt (Lord Charles Somerset).
1980: Staged by PACT, directed by Francois Swart, with
1986: The Road to Slagtersnek, the English translation by Michael Venables, was staged by PACT Drama at the State Theatre Pretoria, directed by Louis van Niekerk assisted by Ben Kruger. In the cast were Johan Malherbe (Andries Stockenström), Frans Kalp (Secretary), Eric Nobbs (Frederik Bezuidenhout), Bill Curry (Booi), Gert van Niekerk (Jacob Erasmus), Kurt Egelhof (Hans), Pieter Brand (Johannes Londt), Ben Kruger (Flip Opperman), Chris van Niekerk (Kerneels Olivier), Ronel Kriel (Jeanette), Natalia da Rocha (Anna), Albert Raphael (Lord Charles Somerset), James Winkler (Soldier), Speedo Wilson (Soldier). Lighting designer Jacques Mulder.
Sources
PACT theatre programme (Die Verhoor), 1973.
PACT theatre programme (Die Verhoor), 1980.
PACT theatre programme (The Road to Slagtersnek), 1986.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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