Bart Nel
Bart Nel is a stage play by Pieter Fourie (1972).
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The original text
Based on the award-winning Afrikaans novel Bart Nel, de opstandeling by J. van Melle ()[], the play is an adaptation by Pieter Fourie, for performance by the KRUIK company in Cape Town.
The novel was published in 1936,
Performance history in South Africa
1972: Premièred in the Nico Malan Theatre in June 1972, a CAPAB production directed by Pieter Fourie, with Pieter Joubert (Bart), Babs Laker (Fransina), Mees Xteen (Ferdinand), Hanlé de Wit/Elmaré Langenhoven/Annette Engelbrecht (Annekie), Pieter Geldenhuys (Oom Kasper), Anna Cloete (Tant Johanna), André Rossouw (Japie), Marie van Heerden (Martha), Pieter Geldenhuys (Oom Giel), Roelf Laubscher (Oom Gawie), Willem de la Querra (Oom Koert), Paul Eilers (Pieter), Pierre Knoesen (Fransoois), Marie Pentz (Aletta), Trudi du Plessis (Maria), Price Coetzee (Malherbe), Willem de la Querra (Maritz) and Aletta Bezuidenhout (Bediende). Décor by Pieter de Swardt and costumes by Price Coetzee and Annette Engelbrecht.
Filmed for television in 19** by **, starring **, Carel Trichardt.**
Translations and adaptations
Sources
CAPAB theatre programme June 1972.
Copy of the original typed text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
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