Our Town/Ons Dorp
Our Town/Ons Dorp is an adaptation by Robert Mohr in a bilingual version (English and Afrikaans) of Our Town (1938) by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975).
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The original text
Wilder met Mohr in New England and personally allowed him to set Our Town in a Boland setting and adapt the text for a South African audience. The play deals with the values and longings of the human heart and spirit.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1959: Mohr produced the adapted play in 1959 for the University of Stellenbosch's Arena '59.
1988: It was presented by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch in May 1988 as a tribute to Mohr after his death (in 1984), directed by Esther van Ryswyk, starring Limpie Basson, Marie de Kock and Emile Aucamp who were all involved in the 1959 production. Other cast members were Noël Roos, Marga van Rooy, Marchand de Kok, etc.
1976: A PACOFS production was directed by Jannie Gildenhuys, starring Pierre Knoesen, Margi Lewis and others.
1985: A production for the Standard Bank National Schools' Festival, Grahamstown was directed by Trevor Hicks.
Sources
Arena '59 theatre programme 1959.
UTS Theatre programme, 1988.
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
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