Pauline van Zyl

Pauline van Zyl is an amateur producer and actor who lives in the rural village of Jansenville in the Eastern Cape. In 1961 she was elected as secretary of the Jansenville Drama Vereniging and for a period of 30 years was very active with the group until it performed for the last time in 1996.

Contribution to South African Theatre

As Producer

1963: Produced Dienie Speel Toneel (Dienie is Play Acting) is a one-act play by Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk.

1968: Produced Bly Kalm (Stay Calm).

1968: Produced Oupa Saliger (Grandfather Saliger).

1971: Produced the 1st, 2nd and 3rd act of Heimwee (Memories).

1972: Produced Die Kongres (“The Congress”). A one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1973: Produced Ou Bokke and Groen Blare (Old Goats and Green Leaves), written by Dr Louis de Villiers. The play won the ATKV annual acting competition.

1973: Produced Stilte Asseblief (Quiet Please!).

1974: Produced Toewyding (Dedication).

1974: Produced Dis Nou te Laat (It's Now Too Late), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1975: Produced Mans Verkies Blondines (Men Prefer Blondes).

1975: Produced Die Kongres (Congress).

1975: Produced Middernag (Midnight).

1976: Produced Van Bye en Blomme (From Bees and Flowers).

1976: Produced Die Rooi Duiwel se As (The Red Devil's Ashes) by D G Richard, A one-act play based on a short story of the same name. A group gathers to hear the last will and testament of a family member with all sorts of unnatural happenings taking place.

1977: Produced Die Erfenis (The Inheritance).

1977: Produced Adv Marcus Antonius Spring Riem for the local school.

1977: Produced Die Trane Rol Oor Jou, Bokkie for the local school. The play is a light one-act comedy written by Mariechen Naudé.

1978: Produced Babbelkous en Bruidegom (Chatterbox And Bridegroom) and La Perruche et le Poulet ("The Parrot And The Chicken") a play by French dramatist Robert Thomas. It premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris on 12 August 1966, and was translated into Afrikaans by Tine Balder who renamed it Babbelkous en Bruidegom. It was adapted for an Afrikaans audience by Anna Neethling-Pohl.

1979: Produced Die Lug is Betrokke (The Sky is Overcast).

1980: Produced Op Rekening (On Account) a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1980: Produced Ou Bokke and Groen Blare (Old Goats and Green Leaves), written by Dr Louis de Villiers.

1981: Produced Die Hekse (The Witches) is a one-act play by Margaret Wood.

1981: Produced Die Arrestasie (The Arrest).

1982: Produced Die Toets (The Test) is a one act play by Louis de Villiers.

1982: Produced Die Lug is Betrokke (The Sky is Overcast) by the English playwright, Anthony Booth.

1982: Produced Dis Nou te Laat (It's Now Too Late), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1982: Produced Geseënde Dag.

1982: Produced Die Oorgetuie (The Ear-witness) is a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1983: Produced Rondings Op Die Regte Plekke (Cambers at the Right Places).

1984: Produced Agt Vroue (Eight Women). Translated version from the French Huit Femmes. It is a 1958 dark comedy drama by the French dramatist Robert Thomas.

1985: Produced Geseënde Dag for a second time.

1986: Produced Wit Leuens en Swart Dade (White Lies and Black Deeds), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1986: Produced Die Oorgetuie (The Ear-witness) a one-act play by Louis de Villiers for the Jansenville High School.

1987: Produced Bietjie Stout en Baie Pret (Bit Naughty and Very Proud).

1991: Produced Van Bye en Blomme (Of Bees and Flowers) is a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1992: Produced Agt Vroue (Eight Women) a 1958 dark comedy drama by the French dramatist Robert Thomas. It is a translated version from the French Huit Femmes.

1993: Produced Tussen Vyf en Half-Ses an Afrikaans translation by Chris Fourie of Philip Johnson's mixed-language one-act play, From Five to Five-Thirty.

1993: Produced Dis Nou te Laat (It's Now Too Late), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1996: Produced Tussen Vyf en Half-Ses for the second time.

As Actor

1963: Starred in Dienie Speel Toneel (Dienie is Play Acting) is a one-act play by Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk.

1968: Starred in Bly Kalm (Stay Calm).

1968: Starred in Oupa Saliger (Grandfather Saliger).

1971: Starred in Heimwee (Memories)

1972: Starred in Die Kongres (“The Congress”). A one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1972: Starred in Die Reën Van Jou Liefde (The Rain of Your Love), a one-act play in Afrikaans by W.A. de Klerk. Produced by Ice Lötter and Rykie Lötter.

1973: Starred in Ou Bokke and Groen Blare (Old Goats and Green Leaves), written by Dr Louis de Villiers and produced by Pauline van Zyl presented in the Jansenville Town Hall, The play won the ATKV annual acting competition.

1973: Starred in Stilte Asseblief (Quiet Please!).

1974: Starred in Dis Nou te Laat (It's Now Too Late), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1975: Starred in Mans Verkies Blondines (Men Prefer Blondes).

1975: Starred in Middernag (Midnight).

1976: Starred in Van Bye en Blomme (From Bees and Flowers).

1976: Starred in Die Rooi Duiwel se As (The Red Devil's Ashes) by D G Richard, A one-act play based on a short story of the same name. A group gathers to hear the last will and testament of a family member with all sorts of unnatural happenings taking place.

1977: Starred in Die Erfenis (The Inheritance).

1978: Starred in Babbelkous en Bruidegom (Chatterbox And Bridegroom). La Perruche et le Poulet ("The Parrot And The Chicken") is a play by French dramatist Robert Thomas. It premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris on 12 August 1966, and was translated into Afrikaans by Tine Balder who renamed it Babbelkous en Bruidegom. It was adapted for an Afrikaans audience by Anna Neethling-Pohl.

1979: Starred in Die Lug is Betrokke (The Sky is Overcast).

1980: Starred in Op Rekening (On Account) a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1980: Starred in Ou Bokke and Groen Blare (Old Goats and Green Leaves).

1981: Starred in Die Hekse (The Witches) is a one-act play by Margaret Wood.

1981: Starred in Die Arrestasie (The Arrest).

1982: Starred in Die Toets (The Test) is a one act play by Louis de Villiers.

1982: Starred in Die Lug is Betrokke (The Sky is Overcast) by the English playwright, Anthony Booth.

1982: Starred in Dis Nou te Laat (It's Now Too Late), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1982: Starred in Die Oorgetuie (The Ear-witness) is a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1983: Starred in Rondings Op Die Regte Plekke (Cambers at the Right Places).

1984: Starred in Agt Vroue (Eight Women). Translated version from the French Huit Femmes. It is a 1958 dark comedy drama by the French dramatist Robert Thomas.

1986: Starred in Wit Leuens en Swart Dade (White Lies and Black Deeds), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1986: Starred in Die Oorgetuie (The Ear-witness) a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1987: Starred in Bietjie Stout en Baie Pret (Bit Naughty and Very Proud).

1991: Starred in Van Bye en Blomme (Of Bees and Flowers) is a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1992: Starred in Agt Vroue (Eight Women). Translated version from the French Huit Femmes. It is a 1958 dark comedy drama by the French dramatist Robert Thomas.

1993: Starred in Tussen Vyf en Half-Ses is an Afrikaans translation by Chris Fourie of Philip Johnson's mixed-language one-act play, From Five to Five-Thirty.

1993: Starred in Dis Nou te Laat (It's Now Too Late), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1995: Starred for the second time in Dis Nou te Laat (It's Now Too Late), a one-act play by Louis de Villiers.

1996: Starred in Tussen Vyf en Half-Ses.

Awards

Sources

"Jansenville, Yesterday and Today," Chronicles and Anecdotes of a Noorsveld Town, 1855-1955 by Sid Fourie. Published by The Jansenville Chronicle, Jansenville, Cape Province, 1956.

Interview with Pauline van Zyl

"Turning Back the Pages - The Story of a Noorsveld Town and District", Jansenville by Sid Fourie. Esco Publishers, Jansenville.

"Jansenville Buit die Nationale Trofee Vir Opvoering", Die Oosterlig, Monday, October 22, 1973.

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