Jan en die Boontjierank
(“Jack and the beanstalk”) by Janice Honeyman. Afrikaans translation by Nerina Ferreira. Pantomime. Cast: mixed. Another version by Michelle Botha and Thomas Barlow. One-act. Children’s play.
Performance history in South Africa
Francois Swart's pantomime for PACT, 1991, with Antoinette Kellermann and Henriëtta Gryffenberg.
Translations and adaptations
Jan en die Boontjierank (poppespel). An Afrikaans arrangement by Tine Balder from the English nursery-tale as written down by Joseph Jacobs, and directed by her for UTS in 1967 and then for SUKOVS, opening on 29 June 1968 at the Stadskouburg in Bloemfontein. Cast: Paul Eilers, Rentia Human, Johan Botha, Mees Xteen, Maryann Johnston.
Sources
Teater SA, 1(1), 1968.
PACT Info, (1) and (2), 1992.
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