Die Jaar Toe My Ma begin Sing Het
("The year my mother started singing") A one act stage adaptation of Engemi Ferreira's novel by this name. It can be performed by one or more performers.
Original text
The novel, published in 1988 by Van der Walt publishers, was adapted for the stage independently by two authors in the 1990s.
Adapted as Die Jaar Toe My Ma begin Sing Het by Hannes van Wyk , or
Adapted as Moervrug by Elma Potgieter This version is held by DALRO and credited to Engemi Ferreira and Elma Potgieter.
South African performances
Two actors, (her adaptation entitled Moervrug) and independently adapted the novel for the stage for solo performances and these were performed at KKNK and Aardklop on accasion. (Die Burger 12 May 1999).
1988: Performed as Moervrug at the Aardklop festival on 24 and 25 September, starring Elma Potgieter, and directed by Schalk Jacobsz.
Sources
Die Volksblad 19 August 1998.
Die Burger 12 May 1999.
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