Anton Ackermann Geselskap
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An Afrikaans touring theatrical company founded by Anton Ackerman and * Nell in 1935, with Ackermann as the artistic director, * Nell as financier. Originally called the Ackermann-Nell Geselskap (the "Ackermann-Nell Company") , then renamed the Anton Ackermann Geselskap.
The company included Sannie Uys, whom he renamed Pikkie Uys, Hans Brits (later to be known as Don Siebritz), and Benn Potgieter. The company toured from 1935 till 1940, their repertoire including Koop my Blomme ("Buy my flowers", an Afrikaans version of Shaw's Pygmalion, 1940), *****
See also Anton Ackermann
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