La Perruche et le Poulet
La Perruche et le Poulet ("The Parrot And The Chicken") is a French play by Robert Thomas. It premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris on 12 August 1966.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans under the title Babbelkous en Bruidegom by Tine Balder and adapted for an Afrikaans audience by Anna Neethling-Pohl.
Performance history in South Africa
1973: The Afrikaans version, Babbelkous en Bruidegom was staged by PACT in the Breytenbach Theatre, directed by Truida Louw, featuring Annette Engelbrecht (Grietjie Roos), Marie Koeleman (Susan Bergh), Janice Honeyman (Ann Parker), Peter Terrey (David Preller), David van der Merwe (Fredrik Cilliers), Marko van der Colff (Jan Rademan), Tobie Cronjé (Konstabel Mentz), Jan Engelen (Speurder-Sersant Greyling), Magda Beukes (Clara Rademan) and Peter Terry (Harry Logan).
Sources
PACT Newsletter, February 1973.
PACT theatre programme, 1973
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