Die Nag van Legio

("The Night of Legion") by P.G. du Plessis. An Afrikaans play about the inmates of an insane asylum, who become pawns in a battle between good and evil fought out by one of their number and a stranger who arrives that night. First performed in the Breytenbach Theatre, Pretoria, by PACT in 1969, directed by Truida Louw and featuring i.a. Carel Trichardt, Louis van Niekerk and Schalk Jacobsz. First published Nasionale Boekhandel, 1969. A critically acclaimed play which was instrumental (in conjunction with Siener in die Suburbs) in winning the author the coveted Hertzog Prize for Drama in 1971?*

PACOFS, 1972, directed by William Egan, starring Errol Ross, Gerrit Geertsema, Neels Coetzee.

Adaptations

Du Plessis himself reworked the play for women, for PACOFS*? in 200*. **. Performed ***

A production of this version was done by the students of the Stellenbosch University Drama Departement, October 2002, H.B. Thom Theatre. Directed by Marthinus Basson.

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