As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is

As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is ("Once we two are married") is a romantic farce in four acts in Afrikaans by Gerhard J. Beukes. (Beukes was very fond of using exclamation marks in his titles, hence this play is sometimes written As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is!)

The original text

Described as "'n Spel in vier bedrywe oor 'n Afrikaanse familie in die stad". ("a play in four acts about an Afrikaans family in the city").

Published in Pretoria J.L. van Schaik in 1952, reprinted numerous times since.

Beukes was awarded the Hertzog Prize for Drama in 1952 for Langs die steiltes, Salome Dans! and As ons twee eers getroud is!.

Translations and adaptations

Filmed by Jan Perold in 1962, with

Performance history in South Africa

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.

1968: A PACT production opened on 29 August 1968 in the Breytenbach Theatre. The cast included Christopher Hale (Herman), Wilna Snyman (Ma), James Norval (Oupa), Anna Cloete (Weduwee, Violet Bloom), Louw Verwey (Pa), Katinka Heyns as Annalies, Stephan Bouwer (Kalie), Thea Kirstein (Sans), Marius Weyers (Johan), Sheryl Stewardson (Pansy). Directed by Francois Swart, set designed by David Mackenzie.

Sources

Helikon, 1(5).

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

Gerhard J. Beukes (1913–1998) by Erika Terblanche, in LitNet 2014-08-21

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