Hester die Maltrap

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Hester die Maltrap ("Hester The Madcap") is an Afrikaans play by Gerrit Naude (fl. 1960s).

The original text

First performed in 1964 by Johan Fourie and his touring company under this name and billed as an Afrikaans play by Gerrit Naude (fl. 1960s).


In 1966 the Pieter Fourie Genootskap took a play called Ester die Maltrap ("Esther The Madcap") on tour, which seems to suggest that it was actually probably written by Pieter Fourie himself , since this was his practice while touring. However, it may have been an adaptation of the play used by Johan Fourie.

No text by either name has survived it seems.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1964: Hester die Maltrap staged in the Bellville Civic Theatre by the Johan Fourie-toneelgeselskap, directed by Johan Fourie, with himself as "Andre Basson", Fabienne Ranken as "Mev. Conradie" and Lida Meiring as both "Hester Conradie" and "Linda du Toit".


1966:

Sources

Johan Fourie-toneelgeselskap theatre programme (undated).

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