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Published in ''[[Alle paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe]]'', (with ''[[Fuente Sagrada]]'' and  ''[[Alle paaie gaan na Rome]]'') by [[Unie-Volkspers]], 1949.
 
Published in ''[[Alle paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe]]'', (with ''[[Fuente Sagrada]]'' and  ''[[Alle paaie gaan na Rome]]'') by [[Unie-Volkspers]], 1949.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1966: Staged by [[TRUK]], directed by [[Victor Melleney]], with [[Cobus Rossouw]] (Ben),  [[Louis van Niekerk]] (Stoffel), [[Johan Botha]] (Konstabel) and [[Sandra Kotze]] (Anna).
  
Directed by [[Victor Melleney]] for [[TRUK]], 1966, with [[Louis van Niekerk]] as Stoffel.
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1972: Produced by the [[Kaapse Teatergroep]].
  
Produced by the [[Kaapse Teatergroep]] in  1972.
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== Sources ==
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[[PACT]] theatre prgramme, 1966.
  
== Sources ==
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988
  

Revision as of 11:08, 25 May 2015

(Lit "The Big Canons") by Uys Krige. A comedy about the difficulties soldiers have in adjusting to post-war life.

The original text

Published in Alle paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe, (with Fuente Sagrada and Alle paaie gaan na Rome) by Unie-Volkspers, 1949.

Translations and adaptations

An English translation by Uys Krige , entitled The Big Shots, published by HAUM in the collection The Two Lamps, 1964.

Performance history in South Africa

1966: Staged by TRUK, directed by Victor Melleney, with Cobus Rossouw (Ben), Louis van Niekerk (Stoffel), Johan Botha (Konstabel) and Sandra Kotze (Anna).

1972: Produced by the Kaapse Teatergroep.

Sources

PACT theatre prgramme, 1966.

Gosher, 1988

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