Taraboemdery
by Chris Barnard. An Afrikaans play about lower class whites, threatened by the arrival of a street-wise and worldly stranger.
Published by Tafelberg Uitgewers in 1977.
Performance history in South Africa
An Oude Libertas commissioned work, it was first produced by SWAPAC in Windhoek in 1976, as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. Directed by André P. Brink, with *** Antoinette Kellermann?, Mees Xteen? **
CAPAB 1978.
PACOFS 1986, directed by Schalk Jacobsz, starring Marko van der Colff and Anita de Jager.
Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch, 1986. Directed by Noël Roos, starring Neels Engelbrecht, Jozua van der Lugt, Illse Roos, Linda Pienaar, Reenen Furter, decor Herman Pretorius, lighting Emile Aucamp; Performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre.
PACT 1989, directed by Ilse van Hemert with Henriëtta Gryffenberg, Pieter Brand, Gys de Villiers, Alida Theron, André Odendaal, in the State Theatre Arena. Designs by James MacNamara.
2009 by Albert Maritz, with ** at KKNK, Aardklop, **
Translations and adaptations
Sources
UTS theatre pamphlet
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
Sunday Star, 20 Augustus 1989.
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