Sunday Costs Five Pesos
Sunday Costs Five Pesos is a Mexican folk comedy in 1 act by Josefina Niggli (1910–1983; birth name "Josephine") [1].
Contents
The original text
First published in 1937.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans entitled Sondag Kos 5 Pesos.
Performance history in South Africa
1947: Performed in English as Sunday Costs Five Pesos, directed by Alexander Hegerstrom, as part of the FATSSA District Drama Festival at the Little Theatre, Cape Town.
1978: Performed in Afrikaans as Sondag Kos 5 Pesos by the Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging.
1978: Performed in Afrikaans as Sondag Kos Vyf Pesos at the USAT Dramafees, by students of the residences Dagbreek and Monica at the University of Stellenbosch, on 17 March. Directed by Joan-Helen Dry, with Annemarie Brand, Ena Naudé, Jolette Groenewald, Marelise Bester, Armand Craus. Stage manager André Human, assisted by Ettienne Roux. Prompt: A. Dill
1979: Performed in Afrikaans as Sondag Kos 5 Pesos by Parklane Amateur Toneelvereniging in Worcester.
Sources
Worldcat [2].
Inskip, 1972. p.134.
January 1997. pp. 61, 64, 72, 76.
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