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| − | LEIPOLDT, C. Louis (1880-1947) Poet, novelist, playwright, chef, medical doctor. Born in Clanwilliam, he trained as a medical doctor at the Universities of Cape Town and Oxford?* and returned to practice in **. Wrote in Dutch, Afrikaans and English. His published poems include the collections ''Oom Gert Vertel'' ("Uncle Gert Narrates" - 1911) and ''Geseënde Skaduwees'' ("Blessed Shadows" - 1949) and the epic English poem ''The Ballad of Dick King'' (1949). *** His most important and influential play was ''[[Die Hamer van die Hekse]]'' ("The Hammer of the Witches"), a short play written in response to a performance of * | + | LEIPOLDT, C. Louis (1880-1947) Poet, novelist, playwright, chef, medical doctor. Born in Clanwilliam, he trained as a medical doctor at the Universities of Cape Town and Oxford?* and returned to practice in **. Wrote in Dutch, Afrikaans and English. His published poems include the collections ''Oom Gert Vertel'' ("Uncle Gert Narrates" - 1911) and ''Geseënde Skaduwees'' ("Blessed Shadows" - 1949) and the epic English poem ''The Ballad of Dick King'' (1949). *** His most important and influential play was ''[[Die Hamer van die Hekse]]'' ("The Hammer of the Witches"), a short play written in response to a performance of * ''[[Perhaps The Rosary]]'', by ***. A play about ***. Produced by [[Leonard Rayne]] at the [[Standard Theatre]] and the ** theatre in Cape Town??in 19**???. A THOUGHT*] ***. He later revised and published it as ''[[Die Heks]]'' ("The Witch"), and it was then taken up by [[Paul de Groot]] for his first/second??* professional production in 1925. With that Afrikaans theatre was seen as having come of age artistically and the play has been produced often since and was for very many years a standard prescribed work for schools. A new version of the play (''[[Hamer van die Hekse]]''), based on the original text, was done by [[André P. Brink]] in 198* and performed by [[PACT]]. Other plays include ''[[Die Vergissing]]'' ("The misinterpretation"), ''[[Die Swart Gevaar]]'' (The black danger"), ''[[Die Laaste Aand]]'' ("The last night"), ''[[Die Lang Nag]]''???**. His autobiography (''Bushveld Doctor'') was published in 1935 by **), while a biography by [[John Kannemeyer]] was published by Tafelberg?** in 2001*? [[Stephen Gray]] - who rescued Leipoldt's English novel (''Stormwrack''*?) and had it published - has also written on Leipoldt in English. [TH] |
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LEIPOLDT, C. Louis (1880-1947) Poet, novelist, playwright, chef, medical doctor. Born in Clanwilliam, he trained as a medical doctor at the Universities of Cape Town and Oxford?* and returned to practice in **. Wrote in Dutch, Afrikaans and English. His published poems include the collections Oom Gert Vertel ("Uncle Gert Narrates" - 1911) and Geseënde Skaduwees ("Blessed Shadows" - 1949) and the epic English poem The Ballad of Dick King (1949). *** His most important and influential play was Die Hamer van die Hekse ("The Hammer of the Witches"), a short play written in response to a performance of * Perhaps The Rosary, by ***. A play about ***. Produced by Leonard Rayne at the Standard Theatre and the ** theatre in Cape Town??in 19**???. A THOUGHT*] ***. He later revised and published it as Die Heks ("The Witch"), and it was then taken up by Paul de Groot for his first/second??* professional production in 1925. With that Afrikaans theatre was seen as having come of age artistically and the play has been produced often since and was for very many years a standard prescribed work for schools. A new version of the play (Hamer van die Hekse), based on the original text, was done by André P. Brink in 198* and performed by PACT. Other plays include Die Vergissing ("The misinterpretation"), Die Swart Gevaar (The black danger"), Die Laaste Aand ("The last night"), Die Lang Nag???**. His autobiography (Bushveld Doctor) was published in 1935 by **), while a biography by John Kannemeyer was published by Tafelberg?** in 2001*? Stephen Gray - who rescued Leipoldt's English novel (Stormwrack*?) and had it published - has also written on Leipoldt in English. [TH]
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