Hester die Maltrap
Hester die Maltrap ("Hester The Madcap") is an Afrikaans play by Gerrit Naude (fl. 1960s).
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The original text
First performed under this name by Pieter Fourie Genootskap, and probably written by Fourie himself. Fourie having destroyed all his early writing for the company, no text by this name has survived it seems.
nor of one billed as Ester die Maltrap ("Esther The Madcap") an Afrikaans play by Gerrit Naude (fl. 1960s).
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Performance history in South Africa
1964: Staged in the Bellville Civic Theatre by Johan Fourie's theatre group, directed by Fourie, with himself as "Andre Basson", Fabienne Ranken as "Mev. Conradie" and Lida Meiring as both "Hester Conradie" and "Linda du Toit".
Sources
Johan Fourie-toneelgeselskap theatre programme (undated).
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