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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1998: Premièred in a production by the [[Agterdeur Geselskap]] at the [[KKNK]] in March 1998, directed by [[Charles J. Fourie|Fourie]], starring [[André Roothman]] as Jobias, [[Royston Stoffels|Roysten Stoffels]], [[Ivan Abrahams]], [[André Samuels]], [[Theresa Cloete]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Denver Vraagom]]. Stage manager [[Deon Erasmus]], costumes by [[Stefan Venter]], lighting by [[Patrick Curtis]], photography by [[Albert van Niekerk]] and [[Lien Botha]].
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1998: Premièred in a production by the [[Agterdeur Geselskap]] at the [[KKNK]] in March, directed by [[Charles J. Fourie|Fourie]], starring [[André Roothman]] as Jobias, [[Royston Stoffels|Roysten Stoffels]], [[Ivan Abrahams]], [[André Samuels]], [[Theresa Cloete]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Johan Malherbe]], [[Denver Vraagom]]. Stage manager [[Deon Erasmus]], costumes by [[Stefan Venter]], lighting by [[Patrick Curtis]], photography by [[Albert van Niekerk]] and [[Lien Botha]].
  
The same production was staged in [[The Arena]] at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in May 1998.
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1998: The original production also staged in [[The Arena]] at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in May.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 09:31, 24 June 2022

Jobias is a play by Charles J. Fourie (1965-).

Subject

Based on the biblical story of Job and set in the Karoo, the character Jobias, a farm worker, loses all his possessions and his children. First performed in 1998,

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1998: Premièred in a production by the Agterdeur Geselskap at the KKNK in March, directed by Fourie, starring André Roothman as Jobias, Roysten Stoffels, Ivan Abrahams, André Samuels, Theresa Cloete, Chris Gxalaba, Johan Malherbe, Denver Vraagom. Stage manager Deon Erasmus, costumes by Stefan Venter, lighting by Patrick Curtis, photography by Albert van Niekerk and Lien Botha.

1998: The original production also staged in The Arena at the Nico Malan Theatre in May.

Sources

KKNK programme, 1998.


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