Katrina

PLAY

by P.W.S. Schumann. ** Written specifically for Volksteater and performed from manuscript on 9 and 10 June, 1937, with Anna Neethling-Pohl in the lead, directed by Hélène Güldenpfennig. Repeated by them in Krugersdorp on 18 August 1937. *

Aletta Gericke's first role on the stage was as Tant Alie in Katrina directed by Truida Pohl. The role of her son was played by Chris Engelbrecht, whom she later married. (Helikon, 2(10):66).

FILM

The name of the challenging 196* film by Emil Noval and Jans Rautenbach, based on Basil Warner's controversial 1959 play Try for White. See Try for White.

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