Bacchus in die Boland

From ESAT
Revision as of 15:15, 28 March 2013 by Miriamt (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

("Bacchus in the Boland") by Bartho Smit. A highly adapted and localized version of the Euripides's The Bacchae. A popular comic political satire in which the autocratic (white) wine farmer and his (coloured) foreman switch roles under the influence of Bacchus. A first production by CAPAB cancelled two days before opening in the Nico Malan Theatre on 11 April 1975, substituted with Faan se Trein. First performed by ** in 19**. Published by Perskor in 1974. The first "coloured" version of it was done by EPAC in 1976, directed by Hannes Horne and featuring Paul Jacobs. Published by PERSKOR.


Return to B in Plays 1 Original SA Plays

Return to B in Plays 2 Foreign Plays

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to Main Page