Hester die Maltrap
Hester die Maltrap ("Hester The Madcap") is an Afrikaans play by Gerrit Naude (fl. 1960s).
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First performed in 1964 by Johan Fourie and his touring company under this name and billed as an Afrikaans play by Gerrit Naude (fl. 1960s).
In 1966 the Pieter Fourie Genootskap took a play called Ester die Maltrap ("Esther The Madcap") on tour, which seems to suggest that it was actually probably written by Pieter Fourie himself , since this was his practice while touring. However, it may have been an adaptation of the play used by Johan Fourie.
No text by either name has survived it seems.
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Performance history in South Africa
1964: Staged in the Bellville Civic Theatre by Johan Fourie's theatre group, directed by Fourie, with himself as "Andre Basson", Fabienne Ranken as "Mev. Conradie" and Lida Meiring as both "Hester Conradie" and "Linda du Toit".
Sources
Johan Fourie-toneelgeselskap theatre programme (undated).
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