Vatmaar
("Vatmaar" is Afrikaans for "just take it..." or "just help yourself...") A play by Janice Honeyman based on the book of the same name by A.H.M. Scholtz.
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"Vatmaar" was the debut novel of A.H.M. Scholtz [1] , published by Kwela Books in 1995 when the author was 72 years old. It was originally written in English, but it was first published in the Afrikaans translation by the author's daughter Elizabeth. The novel is a collage of simple stories told by simple folk, the inhabitants of the Northern Cape village Vatmaar. On another level these are the stories of a remarkable place told by remarkable people.
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Performance history in South Africa
Premièred in the Oude Libertas Theatre in Stellenbosch in March 2002, directed by Janice Honeyman, with Ivan Abrahams, Royston Stoffels, Mary Daniels, Euodia Samson, Jody Abrahams, André Samuels, Mary Dreyer, Neels Coetzee, Glenn Swart, Nazli George, Sizwe Msutu, Michelle Scott, Liande Snell, Chad Abrahams and Caroline Jacobs. The same production later went to the KKNK 2002 and was staged in the Baxter Theatre in April.
>>>> (edit) An enormously popular success, winning a number of prizes, including Fleur du Cap Awards for Best Direction and Best Contribution to Stage Design.
Sources
Die Burger, 7 & 16 March 2002.
See: [Van Heerden (2008)][2]. p. 139.
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