Attentat
Attentat is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).
Contents
The original text
Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English, entitled Close Quarters.
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.
196*: Wie is die Moordenaar? was presented by the Pieter Fourie Toneelgeselskap in the mid-1960s 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.
Advert for Attentat, Google Books [1].
Nico Luwes 2012. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp.127-132 [2]
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Fourie
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