Kinderspeletjies

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Kinderspeletjies ("Children’s games") is a play by Marietjie Pretorius ().

The original text

A play about bullying in a girl's residence at school, the play was first written as a one-act version for performance at the ATKV Kampustoneel playwriting festival in Pretoria, where it was received with high accolades. It was later expanded into a full-length version, performed professionally since.

Performance history in South Africa

198*: Performed at the Kampustoneel festival by ,

1987: PACOFS 1987, directed by Gerrit Schoonhoven with Marjorie Nortje, Elzette Maarschalk, Michele Burgers.

1992: Presented by the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department in the Libertas Theatre in May 1992, directed by Juanita Swanepoel, assisted by Erik de Waal. The cast were Tosca Kolver (Tosca Korver?), Jeanne van Schoor, Winnie Rust, Clarinda Steenhuisen and Monica du Toit.

2015: Performed by the Drama Department of the University of the Free State in their in the Scaena Theatre, using an adapted version by Kobus Strydom, directed by Gerben Kamper.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988

Theatre programme, 1992


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