Die Ballade van Koos Sas

Die Ballade van Koos Sas (“The Ballad of Koos Sas”) by David Kramer, Jody Abrahams and Gaerin Hauptfleisch.

Original text

A dramatization of a song which Kramer had written about the hunting and killing of the slippery cattle thief and San folk hero Koos Sas. The show explores the trade in “Bushmen” skeletons during the early 1900’s.

Performance history in South Africa

2001: First performed at the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees in 2001, starring David Kramer, Jody Abrahams and Gaerin Hauptfleisch. Kramer's regular musicians Gammie Lackay and Howard Links performed in this play.

2008: Rewritten, expanded and directed by Kramer and performed at Suidoosterfees in Cape Town in January. With Jody Abrahams, Nicholas Ellenbogen. Toured to England in 2009.

Awards

2001: Winner of the De Kat Herrie Award for best production at the KKNK festival.

2008: Won the Suidoosterfees Skouerklop award at the festival.

Sources

Pretoria News, 18 April 2001.

https://www.davidkramer.co.za/history.html

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