Hie' Sit die Manne
Hie' Sit die Manne ("Here sit the men") is an Afrikaans comedy by Leon Kruger.
Not to be confused with the key refrain from a popular song by David Kramer or a similarly named collection of stories by P.G. du Plessis.
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Hier sit die manne in die Royal Hotel is the opening line of David Kramer's well-known Afrikaans song about men in a public bar, the song officially titled Die Royal Hotel ("The Royal Hotel"), but containing a recurring refrain, "Hier sit die manne", which has become a widely used Afrikaans expression.
The phrase was later used as a title for his collection of bar stories (Hier sit die Manne..., Perskor, 1983)by P.G. du Plessis (Perskor, 1983) and here again as the title of Leon Kruger's play.
A comedy about the things men talk about when gathered round a braai ("barbecue").
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Performance history in South Africa
2015: Performed in the Drostdy Teater at the US Woordfees in March, directed by Leon Kruger, with Deon Lotz, Waldemar Schultz and Brendon Daniels.
Sources
http://www.litnet.co.za/rate-hom-met-renata-pienkvoet-en-hie-sit-die-manne/
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