In die Wagkamer
In die Wagkamer ("In the waiting room") is an Afrikaans one-act play by J.F.W. Grosskopf (1885–1948).
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The original text
Subtitled 'n noodlotstuk ("a play about fate"), it is a celebrated Afrikaans one-act play about a five unnamed people waiting in a suburban train station in Johannesburg. The central figures are the Old Man and Old Woman who travel by train to Maraisburg to look for their only son who hasn't written home for two years.
It was first produced in 19**, and thereafter used by many other societies and schools.
The text was first published in the collection Drie Een-bedrywe vir een Aand by Nasionale Pers in 1926, reprinted four times between then and 1937.
Translations and adaptations
The play was filmed as Moedertjie ("Little Mother") for African Film Productions by the producer Joseph Albrecht and directed by Stephanie Fauré in 1931. The film starred Faure herself as the mother, Jean Plaat-Stuljes as the "Oom", Pierre de Wet as the boy and Joan du Toit as the girl.
Performance history in South Africa
1936: Performed in the Pretorius Hall, Pretoria on 10-11 June, 1936 by Ons Teatertjie-toneelgroep, directed by Leonie Pienaar.
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.F.W._Grosskopf
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2016945/
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