Minna von Barnhelm
Minna von Barnhelm (1767), by Gotthold E. Lessing (1729-1781). A German play about ***.
Performance history in South Africa
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans by J.F.W. Grosskopf, it became a very popular play with the Afrikaans actors and audiences from its first production by Paul de Groot/ André Huguenet in 19**.
Produced under the tiltle Altyd My Liefste ["Always my Love"] at the Little Theatre in Cape Town by NTO in its opening season (performing in tandem with Dear Brutus) in January 1948. Directed by Truida Pohl, it starred André Huguenet, Esme Celliers, Esmé Celliers, Emgee Pretorius, Siegfried Mynhardt, Gert van den Bergh Oswald van Blerk, Gert van den Bergh and Georgie Linder, Enone Murray. Lighting by Harry Ligoff. The NTO production had 134 performances on its tour through the country, closing in Johannesburg in July 1948.
Sources
Inskip, 1977. p 21
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