Fiela se Kind

(“Fiela’s Child”). A play based on the 1985 novel by Dalene Matthee. Dramatised by Suzanne van Wijk and performed by CAPAB in 1986 under the direction of Suzanne van Wijk (assisted by Gerard Scholtz, with Limpie Basson as Kaliel and Shaleen Surtie-Richards as Fiela , Zoë Randall, Jannie Gildenhuys, Babs Laker, Farouk Valley-Omar, Gavin van den Berg, Neels Coetzee, André Roothman and André Rossouw. Design by Peter Krummeck, lighting Pieter de Swardt, music by Péter Louis van Dijk.

PACT presented this play starring Gail Regan under Ilse van Hemert’s direction at the State Theatre in 1994.

It was staged, directed by Ilse van Hemert, with Gail Reagon, Jan Ellis, William Abdul, Marga van Rooy, Paul Lückhoff, Esmeralda Bihl, Tjaart Potgieter, Juliana Venter, Billy Miles and Alistair Prodgers at the Alexander Theatre in May 1994. (Sunday Times, 5 May 1994)

A dramatised version of the book was also done by Abraham Jansen and performed by the Heidram in Bloemfontein in 19***??. In 2008, 20 years after its first performance, the play was revived at the Artscape Theatre. The new version was directed by Sandra Prinsloo with June van Merch, Stefan Vermaak, Thea Mostert, Nina van Rensburg, Erik Holm, Paul Lückhoff, Rika Sennett, Peter Butler, Cedwyn Joel, André Jacobs, Gerrit Jacobs, Eldon van der Merwe, Ilecia Jacobs and Hermien de Vos.

In 1988 a popular film version was made by Katinka Heyns starring Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Dawid Minnaar, Jan Ellis. Another version by Dalene Matthee and Suzanne van Wyk.

English translation by Dalene Matthee and Wim Vorster: Fiela’s Child.

Sources

Grütter, Wilhelm, CAPAB 25 Years, 1987. Unpublished research. p 52, 112

Nico Malan Theatre Centre pamphlet

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