Tilly

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Tilly is a German comedy in four acts by Walter Spiethoff (1874-1953).

Original text

Originally written in German and described as "a satirical comedy about the future".

Translations and adaptations

Die Stoplap!, na "Tilly" : 'n satieieriese blyspel van die toekoms in 4 bedrywe by Walter Spiethoff;

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Language: Afrikaans Publisher: Stellenbosch : Spiethoff, [1925]

Translated from Spiethoff's original German into Afrikaans as Die Stoplap ("the stop-gap") by Otto Grosskopf (also known as O.G.P. Grosskopf). (Sometimes found as Die Stoplap!.) Privately published by Spiethoff, in Stellenbosch [1925] (a copy held by the J.S. Gericke Library at the University of Stellenbosch).

Performance history in South Africa

1932: Performed in Afrikaans by the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society, directed by P.P.B. Breytenbach with J.H. van Dyk, J. Vogel, John Watterson.

Sources

https://akda.co.za/maint/product/die-stoplap-na-oorspronklike-teks-tilly-deur-walter-spiethoff-uit-duits-vertaal-deur-otto-grosskopf/

Stellenbosch University Library catalogue.

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