Die Kersspel

("The Nativity Play"). An Afrikaans nativity play devised for Volksteater in Pretoria by Anna Neethling-Pohl and Lotte van Oudtshoorn in 1941, a chronological representation, utilising German Christmas carols and short pieces of dialogue. In 1942 an impressive Prologue was written for it by W.E.G. Louw ?*.

("The Nativity Play") by W.E.G. Louw / N.P. van Wyk Louw?* First production to be done by the Bloemfonteinse Teatergroep in the Grand Theatre in December 1946. (Possibly the same text as the one used by Volksteater?) Published by ** in 194*.

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