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1939: ''[[Close Quarters]]'' was presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in August, directed by [[Wensley Pithey]].  
 
1939: ''[[Close Quarters]]'' was presented by the [[Little Theatre Players]] at the [[Little Theatre]] in August, directed by [[Wensley Pithey]].  
  
1964: Performed in Afrikaans as ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' by Pieter Fourie during university holidays, with [[Ilse
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1964: Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' by [[Pieter Fourie]] and a student company during university holidays, the cast including himself and [[Ilse Eybers]]( and later [[Christene Basson]]).
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196? Performed in Afrikaans as ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' was presented by the [[Pieter Fourie Toneelgeselskap]] starring [[Marie Pentz]], [[Pieter Fourie]] (who also directed), [[Fanie Smit]] and [[Peter Grobbelaar]].
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196? Performed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wie is die Moordenaar?]]'' was presented by the [[Pieter Fourie Geselskap]] starring [[Marie Pentz]], [[Pieter Fourie]] (who also directed), [[Fanie Smit]] and [[Peter Grobbelaar]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:07, 25 September 2017

Attentat is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).

The original text

Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English, entitled Close Quarters by Gilbert Lennox.

Adapted from French into Afrikaans, entitled Wie is die Moordenaar?, by Pieter Fourie.

Performance history in South Africa

1939: Close Quarters was presented by the Little Theatre Players at the Little Theatre in August, directed by Wensley Pithey.

1964: Performed in Afrikaans as Wie is die Moordenaar? by Pieter Fourie and a student company during university holidays, the cast including himself and Ilse Eybers( and later Christene Basson).

196? Performed in Afrikaans as Wie is die Moordenaar? was presented by the Pieter Fourie Geselskap starring Marie Pentz, Pieter Fourie (who also directed), Fanie Smit and Peter Grobbelaar.

Sources

Inskip, 1972. p.124. (1939 production).

Wie is die Moordenaar? theatre programme, undated.

Google Books [1].

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