Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop
Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop (“At ten o’clock the doors open”) is a 1976 Afrikaans play by Pieter Fourie. Full-length. Cast: mixed.
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Fourie completed the play in 1976 but it was not performed for a decade, until the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department staged it as their entry for the Kampustoneel Festival in 1986.
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Performance history in South Africa
1986: Staged by the University Theatre of Stellenbosch at the Kampustoneel Festival in Pretoria in 1986, directed by Herman Pretorius. The production was also seen at the H.B. Thom Theatre on 11 and 12 April 1986.
1987: Performed by PACOFS, directed by Pierre van Pletzen, with Andre-Jacques van der Merwe (Abie), Desonia Hartogh (Sina), Ivan Abrahams (Kortjan), George Barnes (Oubaas), Andre Samuels (Voorpraat), Leslie Mongezi (Jim Kommunis), Andre Lombard (Skittery Schalk), Dion Solomon (Tsjaka), Hannes Muller (Danie Viljee), Owen de Jager (Sersant), Blaise Koch (Yank), Johann Myburgh (Gerrie), Gerben Kamper (Dokter) and others. Decor and costumes by Chris Fourie. The production opened in the André Huguenet Theatre in Bloemfontein, toured to various centres and had its final run in the State Theatre in Pretoria.
Sources
Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop theatre programme, 1986.
PACOFS theatre programme, 1987.
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
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