Sunday Costs Five Pesos
Sunday Costs Five Pesos is a Mexican folk comedy in 1 act by Josephina Niggli (1910–1983; birth name was Josephine) [1].
1m 4f 1 scene.
Contents
The original text
First published in 1937.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans entitled Sondag Kos 5 Pesos.
Performance history in South Africa
1947: Performed in English as Sunday Costs Five Pesos, directed by Alexander Hegerstrom, as part of the FATSSA District Drama Festival at the Little Theatre, Cape Town.
1978: Performed in Afrikaans as Sondag kos 5 Pesos by the Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging.
1978: Performed in Afrikaans as Sondag Kos Vyf Pesos at the USAT Dramafees, by the ASK at the University of Stellenbosch, on 17 March. Directed by Joan-Helen Dry, with Annemarie Brand, Ena Naudé, Marieta van der Vyver, Petra Heydenrych, Marietjie de Villiers. Stage manager Koos Volgraaff, assisted by Lynnette Breedt. .
1979: Performed in Afrikaans as Sondag kos 5 Pesos by Parklane Amateur Toneelvereniging in Worcester.
Sources
Worldcat [2].
Inskip, 1972. p.134.
January 1997. pp. 61, 64, 72, 76.
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