Attentat

Attentat is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).

The original text

Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English, entitled Close Quarters by Gilbert Lennox.

Adapted from French into Afrikaans, entitled Wie is die Moordenaar?, by Pieter Fourie.

Used as the source for Två Människor ("Two People"), a 1945 film by Danish director Carl Th. Dreyer.

Performance history in South Africa

1939: Close Quarters was presented by the Little Theatre Players at the Little Theatre in August, directed by Wensley Pithey.

1964: Performed in Afrikaans as Wie is die Moordenaar? by Pieter Fourie and a student company during university holidays, the cast including himself and Ilse Eybers(and later Christene Basson).

196? Performed in Afrikaans as Wie is die Moordenaar? was presented by the Pieter Fourie Genootskap starring Marie Pentz, Pieter Fourie (who also directed), Fanie Smit and Peter Grobbelaar.

Sources

Inskip, 1972. p.124. (1939 production).

Wie is die Moordenaar? theatre programme, undated.

Nico Luwes 2012. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [1]

Google Books [2].

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