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| − | '''''Faan se Stasie''''' ("Faan's Station") is a 1976 [[Afrikaans]] play by [[Pieter Fourie]] | + | '''''Faan se Stasie''''' ("Faan's Station") is a 1976 [[Afrikaans]] play by [[Pieter Fourie]]. |
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| + | Written as a sequel to his earlier play ''[[Faan se Trein]]'' ("Faan's Train"), it depicts the further adventures of a simple minded man with a love of trains. | ||
| − | + | First performed in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] by [[CAPAB]] in 1976 and published by [[Tafelberg Publishers]] in the same year. | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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1976: Staged in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] by [[CAPAB]], directed by the playwright, with [[Willem de la Querra]] (Faan), [[Pieter Joubert]] (Sersant), [[Mees Xteen]] (Stinkhans), [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (Oom Giel), [[Fitz Morley]] (Die Sap), [[Marko van der Colff]] (Die Kondukteur), [[Neels Coetzee]] (Omie), [[Anna Cloete]] (Tannie), [[Cobus Rossouw]] (Dronkie), [[Pierre van Pletzen]] (Koos Tieties), [[Tarina Kleyn]] (Ou Vicegrip), [[Andre Rossouw]] (Winkjan) and [[Sandra Kotze]], [[Sandra Ferreira]], [[Liz Dick]], [[Trudi du Plessis]], [[Etienne Pienaar]], [[Ralph van Pletzen]], [[Schalkie de la Querra]]. Decor by [[Raimond Schoop]], costumes by [[Penny Simpson]] and lighting by [[John T. Baker]]. | 1976: Staged in the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] by [[CAPAB]], directed by the playwright, with [[Willem de la Querra]] (Faan), [[Pieter Joubert]] (Sersant), [[Mees Xteen]] (Stinkhans), [[Pieter Geldenhuys]] (Oom Giel), [[Fitz Morley]] (Die Sap), [[Marko van der Colff]] (Die Kondukteur), [[Neels Coetzee]] (Omie), [[Anna Cloete]] (Tannie), [[Cobus Rossouw]] (Dronkie), [[Pierre van Pletzen]] (Koos Tieties), [[Tarina Kleyn]] (Ou Vicegrip), [[Andre Rossouw]] (Winkjan) and [[Sandra Kotze]], [[Sandra Ferreira]], [[Liz Dick]], [[Trudi du Plessis]], [[Etienne Pienaar]], [[Ralph van Pletzen]], [[Schalkie de la Querra]]. Decor by [[Raimond Schoop]], costumes by [[Penny Simpson]] and lighting by [[John T. Baker]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 9 July 2015
Faan se Stasie ("Faan's Station") is a 1976 Afrikaans play by Pieter Fourie.
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The original text
Written as a sequel to his earlier play Faan se Trein ("Faan's Train"), it depicts the further adventures of a simple minded man with a love of trains.
First performed in the Nico Malan Theatre by CAPAB in 1976 and published by Tafelberg Publishers in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1976: Staged in the Nico Malan Theatre by CAPAB, directed by the playwright, with Willem de la Querra (Faan), Pieter Joubert (Sersant), Mees Xteen (Stinkhans), Pieter Geldenhuys (Oom Giel), Fitz Morley (Die Sap), Marko van der Colff (Die Kondukteur), Neels Coetzee (Omie), Anna Cloete (Tannie), Cobus Rossouw (Dronkie), Pierre van Pletzen (Koos Tieties), Tarina Kleyn (Ou Vicegrip), Andre Rossouw (Winkjan) and Sandra Kotze, Sandra Ferreira, Liz Dick, Trudi du Plessis, Etienne Pienaar, Ralph van Pletzen, Schalkie de la Querra. Decor by Raimond Schoop, costumes by Penny Simpson and lighting by John T. Baker.
1976: Presented by John Birch and Carl de Gouveia and staged at the Lake Theatre in Parkview.
1985: Staged by PACT in the State Theatre in Pretoria and in the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg, directed by Pieter Fourie, with Eric Nobbs (Faan), Ben Kruger (Sersant & Winkjan), James Winkler (Stinkhans), Ernst Eloff (Oom Giel), Jakes Jacobs (Die Sap), Kobus Kleynhans (Kondukteur), Johan Engelbrecht (Omie & Koos Tieties), Milla Louw (Tannie), Frank Opperman (Dronkie), Christine Basson (Ou Vicegrip) and Sarel Pretorius/Christoff Coetzee (Seun). Designed by Johan Engelbrecht.
Sources
CAPAB theatre programme, 1976.
PACT theatre programme, 1985.
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