Andorra

Andorra [1] is a 1961 play written by the Swiss dramatist Max Frisch, dealing with some of the most gruesome inhumanities of the Second World War and the progressive dilution of responsibility in modern society.

Translations and adaptations

An English translation by Michael Bullock was published in Three Plays by Max Frisch, Methuen, 1962.

Translated into Afrikaans by Ants Kirsipuu and Wilma Stockenström (credited Ants and Wilma Kirsipuu).

Performance history in South Africa

195*: Directed by Fred Engelen at the Little Theatre.

1964: The Afrikaans translation by Kirsipuu was staged in the Bloemfontein Civic Theatre by PACOFS, directed by Cobus Rossouw. The cast included Rossouw himself (Andri), Helene Carstens (Barblin), Louw Verwey (Soldaat), Pieter Nel (Skrynwerker), George Barnes (Priester), Keith Cornelis (Iemand), Carel Trichardt (Onderwyser), Eddy Schmidt (Herbergier), Johan Bernard (Ambagsman), Lina Waldeck (Moeder), Herbert Bishko (Idioot), Jimmy van Gelder (Dokter), Lucille Gillwald (Senora), Crawford Werner (Uitkenner), Cobus Hanekom (Andoraanse Soldaat) and Christiaan Barnard (Andoraanse Soldaat). Decor designed by Bill Nixon.

1973: The Afrikaans translation by Kirsipuu was presented by PACT in the Breytenbach Theatre and the Alexander Theatre. The director was Truida Louw and the cast included Frantz Dobrowsky, Louis van Niekerk, Annette Engelbrecht, Tine Balder, Wilna Snyman, Carel Trichardt, Jan Engelen, and others.

1979: Performed in the Afrikaans translation by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre in April 1979, directed by Johann van Heerden, starring Dawid Minnaar, Jannie Gagiano, David Muller, Noël Roos and others.

Sources

UTS theatre pamphlet

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988

PACT Newsletter, January 1973

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra_(play)

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