Medea [1907]
Title
Medea [1907]
Description
Director: Mrs J.H.M. Engel-Wilson
Play: Medea by Ernest Legouvé, translated into Dutch by Stephanus Maré (text now lost)
Performers (members of the Afrikaans-Hollandse Toneelvereniging):
Medea: Mrs. J.H.M. Engel-Wilson
Jason: Mr. Harm Oost
Orpheus: Mr M. Ribbens
Kreon: Mr. G.S. Preller
Kreusa: Miss Maria Engel
Nurse: Miss Pienie D.S. Cronjé
Corinthian girl: Miss. Johanna Engel
Dates of performance are not 100% certain. Betine Van Zyl Smit mentions a performance in Potchefstroom in May 1907, for which academic Leo Kershaw has not yet found further attestation. April 1908 is the most well-documented, attended by colonial secretary General J.C. Smuts at the People’s Congress. The company toured the Transvaal and appears to have also performed Medea in unspecified rural towns. Scenery painted by Frans Oerder.
Play: Medea by Ernest Legouvé, translated into Dutch by Stephanus Maré (text now lost)
Performers (members of the Afrikaans-Hollandse Toneelvereniging):
Medea: Mrs. J.H.M. Engel-Wilson
Jason: Mr. Harm Oost
Orpheus: Mr M. Ribbens
Kreon: Mr. G.S. Preller
Kreusa: Miss Maria Engel
Nurse: Miss Pienie D.S. Cronjé
Corinthian girl: Miss. Johanna Engel
Dates of performance are not 100% certain. Betine Van Zyl Smit mentions a performance in Potchefstroom in May 1907, for which academic Leo Kershaw has not yet found further attestation. April 1908 is the most well-documented, attended by colonial secretary General J.C. Smuts at the People’s Congress. The company toured the Transvaal and appears to have also performed Medea in unspecified rural towns. Scenery painted by Frans Oerder.
Genre
Tragedy
Script Type
Scripted
Year Created
1907
1908
Performance Venue
Unknown venue in Potchefstroom (1907)
Johanna Hall, Ermelo (30 September 1907)
Opera House, Pretoria (8 April 1908)
Geographic Location of Performance
Director
J.H.M. Engel-Wilson
Translator
Stephanus Maré
Performers
J.H.M. Engel-Wilson
Harm Oost
M. Ribbens
G.S. Preller
Maria Engel
Pienie D.S. Cronjé
Johanna Engel
Stage Designer
Frans Oerder
Play Based On
Provenance
This information was retrieved from: Betine van Zyl Smit (2005) ‘Medea praat Afrikaans’; Binge (1969) Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel 1832–1950; Stassen (1957), De Volkstem; National Library of South Africa, Pretoria; ESAT. Additional information including cast members, performance venues, and the edition of Medea, was retrieved from Die Volkstem (18 September 1907: 6; 2 October 1907: 7; 10 April 1908: 7; 16 April 1908: 8). This information was sourced and shared by Leo Kershaw.
