As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is

As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is ("Once we two are married") is a romantic farce in Afrikaans by Gerhard J. Beukes. (Sometimes written As ons twee eers getroud is!)

1952: First performed professionally by NTO in 1952, playing for 185 performances. The cast included Dan Welman, Sara Louw, Pieter Wilcocks, Tromp Terreblanche, Emgee Pretorius, Nilo Naudé van Zyl, James Norval, Anna Cloete. Directed by Siegfried Mynhardt.

Hugely popular with schools and amateur groups over the years. First published 1952 by Van Schaik.

A PACT production opened on 29 August 1968 in the Breytenbach Theatre. The cast included James Norval, Anna Cloete, Louw Verwey, Katinka Heyns as Annalies, Stephan Bouwer, Thea Kirstein, Marius Weyers, Sheryl Stewardson, Christopher Hale. Directed by Francois Swart, set designed by David Mackenzie.

Beukes was awarded the Hertzog Prize for Drama in 1952 for Langs die Steiltes, Salome Dans! and As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is. (Sometimes written As ons twee eers getroud is!)

Sources

Helikon, 1(5).

Teater SA, 1(1) and (2), 1968.

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