Jobias
Jobias is a play by Charles J. Fourie (1965-).
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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.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1998: Premièred in a production by the Agterdeur Geselskap at the KKNK in March 1998, 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.
The same production was staged in The Arena at the Nico Malan Theatre in May 1998.
Sources
KKNK programme, 1998.
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