Moederloos
Moederloos (lit "motherless") is a Dutch play by Fanny Eden (Fanny Eadon Horner, 1801-1849)
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The original text
Published as a Dutch children's novel in 1910,
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans, though the actual translator is uncertain, the sources mentioning three names at least (Jean Plaat-Stultjes, Ignatius Mocke and J.S. Marais). Probably the Dutch text was initially translated by Marais for the 1926 publication, and then later performed by Plaat-Stultjes with a text adapted by himself (possibly with some help from Mocke), and on Plaat-Stultje's death, Mocke did another version for Willem van Zyl.
Published in Afrikaans as Moederloos by J.H. de Bussy in 1926.
Performance history in South Africa
Early 1930s: Performed in Afrikaans by Jean Plaat-Stultjes and his company, said to be in his own translation.
Early 1930s: Performed in Afrikaans by the Wena Naudé-Van Zyl Geselskap, in a translation said to have been done for them by Ignatius Mocke.
Sources
https://www.lastdodo.com/en/items/2600293-moederloos
Ludwig Binge. 1969: 174) ??**
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