Op Hoop van Seën
Op Hoop van Zegen by Dutch playwright Herman Heijermans (1864-1924). Full-length. Cast: mixed.
First performed 24 December 1900, Amsterdam.
Afrikaans translation by Karel Schoeman. Published as Op hoop van seën: 'n spel van die see in vier bedrywe by Human & Rousseau, 1978.
In 1964 a translation into Afrikaans by Annatjie Vorster and Jo Gevers was presented by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch, directed by Gevers. The cast included Wena Naudé as Kniertjie, Pieter Fourie, Pieter Grobbelaar, Christine Basson and others.
Schoeman's translation was directed by Pieter Fourie for KRUIK-Toneel opening at the Nico Malan Theatre 6 February 1982 and at the H.B. Thom Theatre 2 March 1982. The cast: Lynita Crofford, Dawie Maritz, Johan Esterhuizen, Russel Savadier, Christo Potgieter, Lida Meiring, Antoinette Kellermann, Louw Verwey, David van der Merwe, Marié Human, Marthinus Basson, Anna Cloete, Neels Coetzee, Sandra Ferreira, Terry Greyvenstein, Brian Kennedy, Eduard Bantjes. Decor and costumes Dicky Longhurst, lighting Pieter de Swardt.
Sources
UTS theatre pamphlet
AfricaWide database
Op Hoop van Seën theatre programme, 1982.
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