Peet van Rensburg

P.C. Jansen van Rensburg (19**-2019) was an Afrikaans director, playwright and lecturer.

Widely known as Peet van Rensburg or Peet Jansen van Rensburg, or more formally as Dr. P.C. Jansen van Rensburg.

Biography

He studied at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education , obtaining a doctorate on the directing principles of Stanislavski (Van Rensburg 1977), a resource which has been quite widely used by Afrikaans drama students over the years.

After 22 years as a lecturer in drama at the University of Potchefstroom, he worked for KykNet, did feelance translations and was an advisor for actors.

In latter years he also owned a guest house "Cosy Cottages" in Stellenbosch.

He died of cancer on 24 Junie, 2019.

Career

Taught drama at the Drama Department at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education for 35 years, till its closure in 198*. Then became a freelance director, adaptor and playwright.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Among his works were an adaptation of Dalene Matthee's popular novel Kringe in 'n Bos, a production of Amadeus for PACOFS and widely used translations of popular plays such as Ray Cooney's Run for your Wife, under the title My Vrou se Man se Vrou.

He wrote the Afrikaans one-act plays X Ek’s, of As Jy Wil, Hoogmis, Komnet, Lazarus gaan te Ruste, Paganini and Paraat.