La Perruche et le Poulet
La Perruche et le Poulet ("The Parrot And The Chicken") is a French play by Robert Thomas. It premiered at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris on 12 August 1966.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans entitled Babbelkous en Bruidegom by Tine Balder and adapted for an Afrikaans audience by Anna Neethling-Pohl.
Performance history in South Africa
1973: The Afrikaans version, Babbelkous en Bruidegom was staged by PACT in the Breytenbach Theatre, directed by Truida Louw, featuring Janice Honeyman (Ann Parker), Jan Engelen (Speurder-Sersant Greyling), Annette Engelbrecht (Grietjie Roos), Marie Koeleman (Susan Bergh), Peter Terry (David Preller), David van der Merwe (Fredrik Cilliers), Marko van der Colff (Jan Rademan), Tobie Cronjé (Konstabel Mentz), Magda Beukes (Clara Rademan) and Peter Terry (Harry Logan). Decor designed by Richard Cook.
There is evidence of a production by PACOFS (date unknown) starring Neels Coetzee and Heléne Truter, probably before 1974.
Sources
PACT Newsletter, February 1973.
PACT theatre programme, 1973.
Photograph held by NELM (PACOFS production: Photograph collection [Collection: Performing Arts Council Orange Free State (PACOFS)]: 2009. 67. 1. 2. 5.
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