Wie Gryp Kry 'n Handvol

Wie Gryp Kry 'n Handvol is a cabaret selection from the works of Hennie Aucamp, selected and collated by Mark Graham and Herman Pretorius.

The original text

A tribute to the cabaret work of award-winning Afrikaans author Hennie Aucamp, this is a collation of 29 of Aucamp's rich trove of satirical monologues and songs. The text was originally compiled by Mark Graham and Herman Pretorius, for presentation at a special symposium on cabaret arranged by the Stellenbosch Drama Department in February 1994 in recognition of Aucamp's contribution to the development of the Afrikaans kabaret as form and South African cabaret in general.

The text has not been published, but typed copies of the text are held in various archival collections.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1994: Performed in the H.B. Thom Theatre in Stellenbosch by students of the Stellenbosch Drama Department. Directed by Mark Graham, the large cast included Herman Pretorius, Maulise Kotzé, Jannie Hofmeyr, Leanna Dreyer, Nicole Holm, Paul du Toit, Waldi Schultz, Amelda Brand and Nico Dreyer.

1994: The production performed as part of the fringe at the Kampustoneel festival in April.

Sources

A copy of the text, including additional documents, such as music, lyrics, programme of a cabaret symposium at Stellenbosch University and photographs, held in the Hennie Aucamp manuscript collection (MS 147) in the Manuscripts Section of the Stellenbosch Library and Information Service Collection.[1]

Typed text of the cabaret presentation by Graham and Pretorius, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

Louw Odendaal and Johan Schutte. 1994. Report: Kampustoneel '94: Tekens van Dekadentisme, South African Theatre Journal Volume 8 No 1: pp.68-80. [2]

Herman Pretorius. 1994. Editorial: Special Issue: Cabaret. South African Theatre Journal Volume 8 No 2: pp.1-3. [3]

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