Sagmoedige Neelsie
Sagmoedige Neelsie was a dramatised compilation by Bartho Smit of extracts from C.J. Langenhoven's work. Commissioned and staged by the Johannesburg Civic Theatre to coincide with the 1973 centenary celebrations of Langenhoven's birth.
Sagmoedige Neelsie is also the title of a light-hearted comedic television series based on Langenhoven's work, made by filmmaker Manie van Rensburg in 1983.
The original text
Langenhoven was affectionately known as Sagmoedige Neelsie (Gentle Neelsie) and he sometimes used it as a pseudonym for some of his lighter writings. The staged production was compiled by Bartho Smit from the following works by C.J. Langenhoven: Sonde Met die Bure, Herrie op die Tremspoor, Aan Stille Waters, Loeloeraai and Doppers en Filistyne.
Performance history in South Africa
1973: The Bartho Smit dramatisation was staged by the Johannesburg Civic Theatre, directed by Smit, with Cobus Rossouw (Neels), Kita Redelinghuys (Vroutjie), Sandra Kotze (Engela), Siegfried Mynhardt (Watwo), Pagel Kruger (Konst. Juggins), Willie van Aswegen (Magistraat), Joey Wishnia (Prokureur), Jacques Loots (Winkelbestuurder), Louis Balkind (Hanswors), Pieter Erasmus (Afslaer),
Sources
Johannesburg Civic Theatre theatre programme, 1973.
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