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[[Pieter Fourie|Fourie]] completed the original play,  called '''''[[Pietman se Bloekom]]''''', in 1976, but it was not performed for a decade, even though it was considered for performance by [[PACT]] in 1983, but not done at the time.  
 
[[Pieter Fourie|Fourie]] completed the original play,  called '''''[[Pietman se Bloekom]]''''', in 1976, but it was not performed for a decade, even though it was considered for performance by [[PACT]] in 1983, but not done at the time.  
  
The name was changed to the more appropriate ''[[Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop]]'' for the first performance in 1986.  
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The name was changed to the more appropriate ''[[Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop]]'' for the first performance in 1986.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 14:37, 2 October 2017

Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop (“At ten o’clock the doors open”) is an Afrikaans play by Pieter Fourie (1940-).

The original text

A light, satirical play about the political issues of the 1970s and more specifically the racial laws of South Africa, it is set in a bar that is about to open its door to all races (an event still a decade away at the time of writing.

Fourie completed the original play, called Pietman se Bloekom, in 1976, but it was not performed for a decade, even though it was considered for performance by PACT in 1983, but not done at the time.

The name was changed to the more appropriate Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop for the first performance in 1986.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1986: Staged as Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop by the University Theatre of Stellenbosch at the Kampustoneel Festival in Pretoria in 1986, directed by Herman Pretorius. The production was also seen at the H.B. Thom Theatre on 11 and 12 April 1986.

1987: Performed by PACOFS it opened in the André Huguenet Theatre in Bloemfontein, then toured to various centres ending its run in the State Theatre State Theatre, Pretoria (opening on 24 May). Directed by Pierre van Pletzen with Andre-Jacques van der Merwe (Abie), Desonia Hartogh (Sina), Ivan Abrahams (Kortjan), George Barnes (Oubaas), Andre Samuels (Voorpraat), Leslie Mongezi (Jim Kommunis), Andre Lombard (Skittery Schalk), Dion Solomon (Tsjaka), Hannes Muller (Danie Viljee), Owen de Jager (Sersant), Blaise Koch (Yank), Johann Myburgh (Gerrie), Gerben Kamper (Dokter) and others. Decor and costumes by Chris Fourie.

Sources

Tienuur Maak Die Deure Oop theatre programme at Kampustoneel, 1986.

PACOFS theatre programme, 1987.

Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.

Nico Luwes 2010. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp.260, 322-331 [1]

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