Fiela se Kind

(“Fiela’s Child”). Based on a novel by Dalene Matthee. Dramatised by Suzanne van Wijk and performed by CAPAB in 1986 under the direction of Suzanne van Wijk. PACT presented this play starring Gail Regan under Ilse van Hemert’s direction at the State Theatre in 1994. A dramatised version of the book was also done by Abraham Jansen and performed by the Heidram in Bloemfontein in 19***??. In 2008, 20 years after its first performance, the play was revived at the Artscape Theatre. The new version was directed by Sandra Prinsloo with June von Merch, Stefan Vermaak, Thea Mostert, Nina van Rensburg, Erik Holm, Paul Lückhoff, Rika Sennett, Peter Butler, Cedwyn Joel, André Jacobs, Gerrit Jacobs, Eldon van der Merwe, Ilecia Jacobs and Hermien de Vos. In 1988 a popular film version was made by Katinka Heyns starring Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Dawid Minnaar, Jan Ellis. Another version by Dalene Matthee and Suzanne van Wyk. English translation by Dalene Matthee and Wim Vorster: Fiela’s Child.

Limpie Basson as Kaliel and Shaleen Surtie-Richards as the coloured mother in Fiela se Kind on 15 August 1986 for CAPAB. (Source: Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 52, 112)

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