Die Laaste van die Takhare
Die Laaste van die Takhare ("The Last of the Backvelders") is an Afrikaans play by C.J. Langenhoven. A full-length comedy about language differences and legal squabbles about water rights.
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An adaptation of Die Wêreld die Draai ("The World Turns") by C.J. Langenhoven (1912), which in turn had been based on his first play De Waterzaak ("The Case about the Water") (1909). Published by Nasionale Pers, 1926.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Directed by Herman Steytler for K.A.T. in October 1953 in the Labia Theatre.
Produced by CAPAB at the Hofmeyr Theatre 9-18 May 1966, directed by Tom Burgers, with Christiaan Vegter, Michael Newell, Antoinette Terblanche, Wilhelm de la Querra and Annie Basson. This production went on tour in the Cape Province with the co-operation of Johan Fourie.
Produced by PACT’s Afrikaans company in 1968, directed by Jannie Gildenhuys starring Sandra Prinsloo (Miems), Louis van Niekerk (Karel Venter), Marius Weyers (Johannes Ackermann/Aalryt).
Directed by Schalk Theron for PACOFS, opening in the Oppenheimer Theatre, Welkom, on 1 May 1969. Décor by Schalk Theron, costumes by Kasimir Dubinski. The cast included Johan Botha, Annette Engelbrecht (Annetta?), George Barnes, Louw Verwey, Schalk Theron, Raymond Davies, Neels Coetzee, Frances Coertze, Carmen Haddad, Paul Eilers.
In October 2013 a 198* radio version was re-broadcast on RSG, starring Francois Stemmet, Danie Joubert, Bettie Kemp, Don Lamprecht, Ernst Eloff en Richard van der Westhuizen. Directed by Evert Snyman.
Sources
NELM Manuscripts - [Collection: FLETCHER, Jill]: 2005. 75. 19. 50.
Tucker, 1997.
Teater SA, 1(4), 1969
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