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''Our Town/Ons Dorp'' is an adaptation by [[Robert Mohr]] in a bilingual version (English and [[Afrikaans]]) of ''[[Our Town]]'' (1938) by American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder] (1897-1975).
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== The original text ==
 
Wilder met Mohr in New England and personally allowed him to set ''[[Our Town]]'' in a Boland setting and adapt the text for a South African audience. The play deals with the values and longings of the human heart and spirit.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
1959: Mohr produced the adapted play in 1959 for the University of Stellenbosch's Arena '59. The cast: [[André Walters]], [[Emile Aucamp]], [[Roelf Laubscher]], [[Esther van Ryswyk]], [[Marie Smit]], [[Ian Ferguson]], [[Melanie Erasmus]], [[Marcel Frank]], [[Elma Marais]], [[Johan de Plessis]], [[Albert Coetser]], [[Wenda Oosthuizen]], [[Isabel Combrink]], [[Jennifer Alt]], [[Johan Conradie]], [[Charlotte Pretorius]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Irma Braasch]], [[Elsabé Bonthuys]], [[Damaris Loubser]].
 
 
 
1988: It was presented by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in May 1988 as a tribute to Mohr after his death (in 1984), directed by [[Esther van Ryswyk]], starring [[Limpie Basson]], [[Marie de Kock]] and [[Emile Aucamp]] who were all involved in the 1959 production. Other cast members were [[Noël Roos]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Marchand de Kok]], etc.
 
 
 
1976: A [[PACOFS]] production was directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], starring [[Pierre Knoesen]], [[Margi Lewis]] and others.
 
 
 
1985: A production for the Standard Bank National Schools' Festival, Grahamstown was directed by [[Trevor Hicks]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
Arena '59 theatre programme 1959.
 
 
 
UTS Theatre programme, 1988.
 
 
 
PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988.
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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