La Perruche et le Poulet

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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.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans under the title 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).

Sources

PACT Newsletter, February 1973.

PACT theatre programme, 1973

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