Die Verhoor

Die Verhoor (“The Trial”) is a 1970 Afrikaans play by André P. Brink. A dramatization of the 1830s rebellion by the Dutch farmers of the Eastern Cape border against British Colonial rule. First published by Human and Rousseau in in 1970.

NOTE: Die Verhoor is also the title of an Afrikaans translation by Chris Fourie of a 1972 one-act play for women by Anthony Booth - see: The Trial.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Michael Venables under the title The Road to Slagtersnek.

Performance history in South Africa

1973: Staged by PACT, directed by Francois Swart, with Don Lamprecht (Andries Stockenström), Will Bernard (Sekretaris), Louis van Niekerk (Frederik Bezuidenhout), Tobie Cronje (Booi), Gerben Kamper (Jacob Erasmus), Eckard Rabe (Hans), Zack du Plessis (Johannes Londt), David van der Merwe (Flip Opperman), Marko van der Colff (Kerneels Olivier), Elise Hibbert (Jeanette), Wilma Stockenstrom (Anna) and Siegfried Mynhardt (Lord Charles Somerset).

1980: Staged by PACT, directed by Francois Swart, with with Don Lamprecht (Andries Stockenström), Ronnie Belcher (Sekretaris), Louis van Niekerk (Frederik Bezuidenhout), Pierre van Pletzen (Booi), Christo Gerlach (Jacob Erasmus), Gerben Kamper (Hans), Richard van der Westhuizen (Johannes Londt), At Botha (Flip Opperman), Eric Nobbs (Kerneels Olivier), Riana Wilkens (Jeanette), Wilma Stockenstrom (Anna) and William Egan (Lord Charles Somerset).

1986: The Road to Slagtersnek, the English translation by Michael Venables, was staged by PACT Drama at the State Theatre Pretoria, directed by Louis van Niekerk assisted by Ben Kruger. In the cast were Johan Malherbe (Andries Stockenström), Frans Kalp (Secretary), Eric Nobbs (Frederik Bezuidenhout), Bill Curry (Booi), Gert van Niekerk (Jacob Erasmus), Kurt Egelhof (Hans), Pieter Brand (Johannes Londt), Ben Kruger (Flip Opperman), Chris van Niekerk (Kerneels Olivier), Ronel Kriel (Jeanette), Natalia da Rocha (Anna), Albert Raphael (Lord Charles Somerset), James Winkler (Soldier), Speedo Wilson (Soldier). Lighting designer Jacques Mulder.