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'''''Die Koggelaar''''' (Afrikaans for ''"The Teaser"'') is a play by [[Pieter Fourie]].  ***
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''[[Die Koggelaar]]'' (''"The teaser"'') is a play by [[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-)
  
 
First winner (1986) of the [[SACPAC|SACPAC Award]] with [[Brumilda van Rensburg]] and [[Ian Roberts]].
 
First winner (1986) of the [[SACPAC|SACPAC Award]] with [[Brumilda van Rensburg]] and [[Ian Roberts]].
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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
Published by [[Haum-Literêr]], 1988.
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According to [[Nico Luwes]] (2012, p.255) the origins of the play lie in a period of acute disillusionment with his own life and that of the country, which Fourie experienced in 1981-2, after his divorce, and while living in Franschoek and working as Resident Dramatist for [[CAPAB]]. He began writing the work then,, but only finished it in about 1986, when he submitted the text for the newly instituted [[SACPAC|SACPAC Award]]. The text won the very first such award, to some considerable controversy, and was subsequently performed by the [[Performing Arts Councils]] in 1987.
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Published by [[Haum-Literêr]] in 1988.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 04:56, 4 October 2017

Die Koggelaar ("The teaser") is a play by Pieter Fourie (1940-)

First winner (1986) of the SACPAC Award with Brumilda van Rensburg and Ian Roberts.

It is the second in a trilogy of plays by Fourie, together with Ek, Anna van Wyk and Donderdag se Mense.

The original text

According to Nico Luwes (2012, p.255) the origins of the play lie in a period of acute disillusionment with his own life and that of the country, which Fourie experienced in 1981-2, after his divorce, and while living in Franschoek and working as Resident Dramatist for CAPAB. He began writing the work then,, but only finished it in about 1986, when he submitted the text for the newly instituted SACPAC Award. The text won the very first such award, to some considerable controversy, and was subsequently performed by the Performing Arts Councils in 1987.

Published by Haum-Literêr in 1988.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1987: Presented by the Performing Arts Councils opening at the Nico Malan Theatre on 20 March 1987, City Theatre, Roodepoort 1 May 1987, State Theatre Pretoria 14 May 1987, Windhoek Theatre 9 June 1987, Civic Theatre Bloemfontein 17 June 1987. Direction was by Dieter Reible, lighting by Pieter de Swardt, costumes by Jenny de Swardt. The cast were Ian Roberts (Boet Cronjé), Cedwyn Joel (Anker), Leslie Fong (Knaplat), Brümilda van Rensburg (Anna Cronjé), Lida Meiring (Betta Cronjé), Dawie Maritz (Ben Cronjé), Neels Coetzee (Buurman/Kroegman/Dominee) and Jan Ellis, Pedro Kruger and Sarel Pretorius alternating as Klein-Ben at the various venues. Stage manager Hannelie de Beer.

Sources

Die Koggelaar theatre programme, 1987.

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