Don Juan onder die Boere
(“Don Juan among the Farmers/Boers”) by Bartho Smit. A comic satire on the politics and social mores of the Afrikaner, based on the Moliére play (see Plays 2). Originally scheduled for performance by National Theatre Organisation (NTO) in 1959, but withdrawn as being "inappropriate". Finally performed by ** in 1960. Published by H&R (Human & Rousseau), 1960.
Performed by students of the Stellenbosch University Drama Department in 1970 under direction of Theuns Meyer starring Johann van Heerden, Sharon Montgomery, Theuns Meyer, Jan Engelen, Laurika Rauch, Marietha Snyman, and others.
Don Juan onder die Boere by Bartho Smit; Produced in 1985 by ??? PACT/PACOFS ?? Directed by Francois Swart, with Wilna Snyman, Pierre van Pletzen, Arnold Vosloo, Johan Malherbe, Jacques Loots, Marchelle Verwey, Helene Truter. Sets by Johan Badenhorst, costumes by James Parker; Sand du Plessis Theatre, 1985
Sources
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988
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