Donderdag se Mense

Donderdag se Mense (Afrikaans for "Thursday's People") is a play by Pieter Fourie (1940-).

The original text

Written in 1989, it was the third in a trilogy of plays by Fourie, along with Ek, Anna van Wyk (1986) and Die Koggelaar (1988).

Published by HAUM-literêr in 1989 and performed in 1990.

Performance history in South Africa

1990: First performed by PACT, opening in the Windybrow Theatre, Johannesburg on the 17th March and in the Momentum Theatre at the State Theatre complex on 2 April and playing till the 28th. Directed by Deon Opperman, with Louis van Niekerk (Piet), Lida Meiring (Letta), Peter Se-Puma (Tern) and Noria Mabuela (Sina). Set designed by Nadya Cohen.

Sources

Sunday Star 18 March 1990.

PACT theatre programme, 1990.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Nico Luwes 2010. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp.442-463 [1]

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