Die Hemelbed

Het hemelbed : toneelspel in drie bedrijven (“The Heaven bed”) by Jan de Hartog (1914-2002). Afrikaans translation by Sandra Kotzé. Full-length. Cast: mixed. Published by Nas Bib. (Available at Dalro, http://www.dalro.co.za/)

Produced by Fred Engelen for CAPAB with Tine Balder and Pieter Geldenhuys on a tour which began on 18 November 1963 at Jan Kempdorp.

Another translation was done from English into Afrikaans by Fred le Roux with the title Die Dubbelbed. This version was presented by PACT in the Intimate Theatre, Johannesburg, the National Theatre, Pretoria and toured the Transvaal in 1964. Pieter Geldenhuys directed and acted with Joan Brink. Decor by Raimond Schoop and costumes by Margaret Louttit.

Sources

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research.p 15.

PACT report, 1963/64.

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