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(19*-) Actress. *** Roles include "Poppie" in [[Elsa Joubert]] and [[Sandra Kotze]]'s ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1979), ***, ***. [[Paul Slabolepszy]]’s ''[[Making Like America]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1986), Madame Pernelle in ''[[Tartuffe|Die Huigelaar]]'' (1986); ''[[A Place with the Pigs, A Personal Parable|A Place with the Pigs]]'', opposite [[Athol Fugard]] (1987),  and  ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' for [[CAPAB]]  ([[Rob Amato]]’s revival 1989,  [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress).  
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(19*-) Actress. *** Roles include "Poppie" in [[Elsa Joubert]] and [[Sandra Kotze]]'s ''[[Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena]]'' ([[Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]], Best Actress, 1979), ***, ***. [[Paul Slabolepszy]]’s ''[[Making Like America]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1986), Madame Pernelle in ''[[Tartuffe|Die Huigelaar]]'' (1986); ''[[A Place with the Pigs, A Personal Parable|A Place with the Pigs]]'', opposite [[Athol Fugard]] (1987),  and  ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' for [[CAPAB]]  ([[Rob Amato]]’s revival 1989,  [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap]], Best Actress), Miss Gluck in ''[[A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur]]'' 1990.  
  
 
Quoted from the ''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 1985(***): 'Began her career as a member of her late husband [[Johan Fourie]]'s Theatre Company, an Afrikaans theatre group which toured the entire country including SWA. She has appeared mainly in the Cape in productions including ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'', ''[[Die Plaasvervangers]]'', ''[[Poppie Nongena]]'' (for which she received a Fleur du Cap Best Actress Award), ''[[Op Hoop van Seën]]'', ''[[Die Joiner]]'', and ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' and in the OFS in ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' and ''[['n Vonkel in Haar Oë]]''. She received a Fleur du Cap nomination for her role in ''[[Daar Leef Mense Daar]]'' for [[SWAPAC]]. Television appearances include ''[[Herberg]]'' series and ''[[Moord op die Lug]]''. She has been heard on radio in ''[[Poppie Nongena]]'' and ''[[Wie Met Vuur Speel]]''. This is her first appearance for The Company at the [[Market Theatre]].'
 
Quoted from the ''[[Outers]]'' programme notes in 1985(***): 'Began her career as a member of her late husband [[Johan Fourie]]'s Theatre Company, an Afrikaans theatre group which toured the entire country including SWA. She has appeared mainly in the Cape in productions including ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'', ''[[Die Plaasvervangers]]'', ''[[Poppie Nongena]]'' (for which she received a Fleur du Cap Best Actress Award), ''[[Op Hoop van Seën]]'', ''[[Die Joiner]]'', and ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'' and in the OFS in ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' and ''[['n Vonkel in Haar Oë]]''. She received a Fleur du Cap nomination for her role in ''[[Daar Leef Mense Daar]]'' for [[SWAPAC]]. Television appearances include ''[[Herberg]]'' series and ''[[Moord op die Lug]]''. She has been heard on radio in ''[[Poppie Nongena]]'' and ''[[Wie Met Vuur Speel]]''. This is her first appearance for The Company at the [[Market Theatre]].'

Revision as of 08:42, 6 October 2014

(19*-) Actress. *** Roles include "Poppie" in Elsa Joubert and Sandra Kotze's Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (Fleur du Cap Theatre Award, Best Actress, 1979), ***, ***. Paul Slabolepszy’s Making Like America (Market Theatre, 1986), Madame Pernelle in Die Huigelaar (1986); A Place with the Pigs, opposite Athol Fugard (1987), and The Road to Mecca for CAPAB (Rob Amato’s revival 1989, Fleur du Cap, Best Actress), Miss Gluck in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur 1990.

Quoted from the Outers programme notes in 1985(***): 'Began her career as a member of her late husband Johan Fourie's Theatre Company, an Afrikaans theatre group which toured the entire country including SWA. She has appeared mainly in the Cape in productions including Siener in die Suburbs, Die Plaasvervangers, Poppie Nongena (for which she received a Fleur du Cap Best Actress Award), Op Hoop van Seën, Die Joiner, and Ek, Anna van Wyk and in the OFS in Siener in die Suburbs and 'n Vonkel in Haar Oë. She received a Fleur du Cap nomination for her role in Daar Leef Mense Daar for SWAPAC. Television appearances include Herberg series and Moord op die Lug. She has been heard on radio in Poppie Nongena and Wie Met Vuur Speel. This is her first appearance for The Company at the Market Theatre.'


Sources

Outers programme notes in 1985(**).

Tucker, 1997

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