Du Vent dans les Branches de Sassafras

Du vent dans les branches de sassafras (1965) by French playwright and poet René de Obaldia (b. October 22, 1918 in Hong Kong).

Translations and adaptations

Afrikaans translation Die Wind in die Takke van Sassafras by Nerina Ferreira. Full-length. Cast: mixed. Unpublished (?).

Performance history in South Africa

Performed by the Afrikaans company of CAPAB directed by Peter Kleinschmidt at the Nico Malan Theatre (16 August to 7 September) and the H.B. Thom Theatre (10 to 14 September 1974) starring Percy Sieff, Sandra Kotzé, Grethe-Maria Fox, Pierre van Pletzen, Mees Xteen, Johan Malherbe, Liz Dick, Paul Malherbe, Chris Bartlett. Designed by Manfred Glaesmann, costumes by Krista Urban, lighting by Pieter de Swardt.

Presented by PACOFS in 1986, directed by Pierre van Pletzen with Helene Truter, André Lombard, Annemarie Rauh, André-Jacques van der Merwe, Pierre van Pletzen.

Sources

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988

CAPAB theatre programme, 1974.

Wikipedia [1].

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