August August, August

by Pavel Kohout (1928-). A play about a clown, written in Czech and performed in 1966-7. Published in 1968 as August August, August: cirkusové představení s jednou přestávkou by Orbis. Called August August, the Clown in the English Pavel Kohout website[1].

Performance history in South Africa

First performed in Afrikaans, directed for CAPAB by German director Peter Kleinschmidt, 1970.

PACT 1981 with Johan Malherbe.

Directed in Afrikaans (translated by Nerina Ferreira) by Johann van Heerden with Drama students of Stellenbosch University in 1987, starring Duncan Johnson, Chris Truter, Johann Nel, Illse Roos, Jannie Hofmeyr and others..

Sources

http://www.pavel-kohout.com/biography.html

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 70

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