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''Nag het die Wind Gebring'' (“Night brought the wind…”), by [[Willem Adriaan de Klerk|W.A. de Klerk]]. Published in ''Drie Dramas'', Nasionale Pers, 1947.
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''[[Nag het die Wind Gebring]]'' ("Night brought the wind…") is a 3-act [[Afrikaans]] play  by [[Willem Adriaan de Klerk|W.A. de Klerk]].  
  
A 3-act play set in the Cape Colony during the Anglo Boer War and dealing with conflicting loyalties and generational tensions within an Afrikaner family. Staged by [[Volksteater]] in 1945 with players from the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], decor by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]]. The cast: [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] as Just, [[Enone van den Bergh]], [[Annette Rossouw]], [[G.P. Pretorius]], [[J.H. du Plooy]], [[Gert van den Bergh]], [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]].
 
  
First staged professionally by [[NTO]] 1948, also directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], with [[Hendrik Hanekom]] as Just.
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== The original text ==
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Set in the Cape Colony during the Anglo Boer War, the play deals with conflicting loyalties and generational tensions within an [[Afrikaner]] family. Published in the collection ''[[Drie Dramas]]'', [[Nasionale Pers]], 1947.
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== South African performances ==
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1945: First staged by [[Volksteater]] in 1945 with players from the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], decor by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]]. The cast: [[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] as Just, [[Enone van den Bergh]], [[Annette Rossouw]], [[G.P. Pretorius]], [[J.H. du Plooy]], [[Gert van den Bergh]], [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]].
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1948: First staged professionally by [[NTO]] 1948, also directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]], starring [[Hendrik Hanekom]] (Just van Hellenburg), [[Enone van den Bergh]] (Maria), [[Erna Eksteen]] (Linde), [[André Huguenet]] (Ds Allendorf), [[Mathilde Hanekom]] (Anna), [[Gert van den Bergh]] (Aart), [[Siegfried Mynhardt]] (Dr. Otto Syfer). Decor by [[Kobus Esterhuysen]], costumes designed by [[Paula Styger]]. The play toured in tandem with ''[[An Inspector Calls]]''.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
''Trek'' 10(1):15, 1945.
 
  
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''[[Trek]]'' 10(1):15, 1945.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Stea|Rinie Stead]], 1985b
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''Nag het die Wind Gebring'' (NTO) theatre programme, 1948.
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 3 June 2020

Nag het die Wind Gebring ("Night brought the wind…") is a 3-act Afrikaans play by W.A. de Klerk.


The original text

Set in the Cape Colony during the Anglo Boer War, the play deals with conflicting loyalties and generational tensions within an Afrikaner family. Published in the collection Drie Dramas, Nasionale Pers, 1947.


South African performances

1945: First staged by Volksteater in 1945 with players from the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society directed by Anna Neethling-Pohl, decor by Kobus Esterhuysen. The cast: P.P.B. Breytenbach as Just, Enone van den Bergh, Annette Rossouw, G.P. Pretorius, J.H. du Plooy, Gert van den Bergh, Anna Neethling-Pohl.

1948: First staged professionally by NTO 1948, also directed by Anna Neethling-Pohl, starring Hendrik Hanekom (Just van Hellenburg), Enone van den Bergh (Maria), Erna Eksteen (Linde), André Huguenet (Ds Allendorf), Mathilde Hanekom (Anna), Gert van den Bergh (Aart), Siegfried Mynhardt (Dr. Otto Syfer). Decor by Kobus Esterhuysen, costumes designed by Paula Styger. The play toured in tandem with An Inspector Calls.

Sources

Trek 10(1):15, 1945.

Rinie Stead, 1985b

Nag het die Wind Gebring (NTO) theatre programme, 1948.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page