Difference between revisions of "Trap for a Lonely Man"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 9: Line 9:
 
1963: ''Lokval Vir 'n Man Alleen'' was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Victor Melleney]], starring [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jan Bruijns]], [[Francois Swart]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]] and [[Leonora Nel]]. Performed in the [[Civic Theatre]] Johannesburg, [[National Theatre]] Pretoria and taken on tour in the Transvaal.
 
1963: ''Lokval Vir 'n Man Alleen'' was staged by [[PACT]], directed by [[Victor Melleney]], starring [[Cobus Rossouw]], [[Jan Bruijns]], [[Francois Swart]], [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], [[Kita Redelinghuys|Kita Redelinghuijs]] and [[Leonora Nel]]. Performed in the [[Civic Theatre]] Johannesburg, [[National Theatre]] Pretoria and taken on tour in the Transvaal.
  
Produced by [[CAPAB]] with the title ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'', opening on 20 May 1964, under the direction of [[Fred Engelen]]. Presented by [[PACOFS]] in 1975, directed by [[Lucille Gillwald]], starring [[De Wet van Rooyen]] and [[Marko van der Colff]].
+
1964: ''Lokval vir 'n Eensame Man'' was the first [[Afrikaans]] production staged by [[NAPAC]], opening in the [[Lyric Theatre]] in Durban on 2 March and then touring to other venues around Natal.. It was directed by [[Taubie Kuschlick]], with
  
Produced by [[CAPAB]] in English in 1965 at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] with [[Vaughn Scott]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Paddy Canavan]] in the cast.
 
  
In September 1972 [[CAPAB]] sent [[Marie van Heerden]] to stage and direct ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' with the Kimberley Amateur Drama Society ([[KADRA]]) in the [[Kimberley Theatre]]. In the cast were [[Johan Ackerman]] (Die Man), [[Bart Viljoen]] (Die Komissaris), [[Theuns Meyer]] (Die Priester), [[Marlein du Toit]] (Die Vrou), [[Dirk Bester]] (Die Boemelaar) and [[Gerda Liebenberg]] (Die Verpleegster).
 
  
In August 1976 the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] staged ''[[Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man]]'' in Stellenbosch, directed by [[Marie van Heerden]], with [[Henry Mylne]] (Die Man), [[Anton van Niekerk]] (Die Kommissaris), [[Casper Badenhorst]] (Die Priester), [[Elsabé Grobbelaar]] (Die Vrou), [[Leon van Heerden]] (Die Boemelaar), [[Patricia Pieterse]] (Die Verpleegster).
 
  
 +
1964: Produced by [[CAPAB]] with the title ''Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man'', opening on 20 May, under the direction of [[Fred Engelen]].
  
 +
1965: Produced by [[CAPAB]] in English at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] with [[Vaughn Scott]], [[Simon Swindell]], [[Yvonne Bryceland]] and [[Paddy Canavan]] in the cast.
 +
 +
1975: Presented by [[PACOFS]], directed by [[Lucille Gillwald]], starring [[De Wet van Rooyen]] and [[Marko van der Colff]].
 +
 +
1972: In September [[CAPAB]] sent [[Marie van Heerden]] to stage and direct ''Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man'' with the Kimberley Amateur Drama Society ([[KADRA]]) in the [[Kimberley Theatre]]. In the cast were [[Johan Ackerman]] (Die Man), [[Bart Viljoen]] (Die Komissaris), [[Theuns Meyer]] (Die Priester), [[Marlein du Toit]] (Die Vrou), [[Dirk Bester]] (Die Boemelaar) and [[Gerda Liebenberg]] (Die Verpleegster).
 +
 +
1976: In August the [[Libertas Teaterklub]] staged ''Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man'' in Stellenbosch, directed by [[Marie van Heerden]], with [[Henry Mylne]] (Die Man), [[Anton van Niekerk]] (Die Kommissaris), [[Casper Badenhorst]] (Die Priester), [[Elsabé Grobbelaar]] (Die Vrou), [[Leon van Heerden]] (Die Boemelaar), [[Patricia Pieterse]] (Die Verpleegster).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:48, 17 June 2015

Trap for a Lonely Man, (Piège pour un homme seul) is a play in four acts by the French playwright Robert Thomas [1] written and published in French in 1960. The play is commonly known in English speaking countries as Trap for a Lonely Man or Trap for a Single Man, and was filmed as One of My Wives Is Missing [2] (1976) and Vanishing Act (1986).

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans from the original French by Joan Brink titled Lokval vir 'n Man Alleen.

Another translation into Afrikaans by ? is titled Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man.

Performance history in South Africa

1963: Lokval Vir 'n Man Alleen was staged by PACT, directed by Victor Melleney, starring Cobus Rossouw, Jan Bruijns, Francois Swart, Jannie Gildenhuys, Kita Redelinghuijs and Leonora Nel. Performed in the Civic Theatre Johannesburg, National Theatre Pretoria and taken on tour in the Transvaal.

1964: Lokval vir 'n Eensame Man was the first Afrikaans production staged by NAPAC, opening in the Lyric Theatre in Durban on 2 March and then touring to other venues around Natal.. It was directed by Taubie Kuschlick, with



1964: Produced by CAPAB with the title Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man, opening on 20 May, under the direction of Fred Engelen.

1965: Produced by CAPAB in English at the Hofmeyr Theatre with Vaughn Scott, Simon Swindell, Yvonne Bryceland and Paddy Canavan in the cast.

1975: Presented by PACOFS, directed by Lucille Gillwald, starring De Wet van Rooyen and Marko van der Colff.

1972: In September CAPAB sent Marie van Heerden to stage and direct Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man with the Kimberley Amateur Drama Society (KADRA) in the Kimberley Theatre. In the cast were Johan Ackerman (Die Man), Bart Viljoen (Die Komissaris), Theuns Meyer (Die Priester), Marlein du Toit (Die Vrou), Dirk Bester (Die Boemelaar) and Gerda Liebenberg (Die Verpleegster).

1976: In August the Libertas Teaterklub staged Lokval vir ‘n Eensame Man in Stellenbosch, directed by Marie van Heerden, with Henry Mylne (Die Man), Anton van Niekerk (Die Kommissaris), Casper Badenhorst (Die Priester), Elsabé Grobbelaar (Die Vrou), Leon van Heerden (Die Boemelaar), Patricia Pieterse (Die Verpleegster).

Sources

PACT report 1963/64.

NAPAC theatre programme, 1964.

http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/Trap_for_a_Solitary_Man

CAPAB List of Plays Presented, 1971

PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to T in Plays II Foreign Plays

Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays

Return to The ESAT Entries