Bly by jou Lees

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Bly by jou Lees (lit. "Stick to your anvil") is a one act play by P.W.S. Schumann.

The play text

Winner in 193* of the Buster Harrison Play Writing Competition of the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society. Published in Afrikaanse Skrywerskring. Jaarboek, 1938, 171-185.


Performance history in South Africa

1942: First performed in Cape Town, directed by Mavis de Villiers for the Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging (KAT) in August 1942.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Frederik Jacobus Nel 1972. Die Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging, 1934-1962. Unpublished master’s thesis. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch.

Cast photo provided by Biebie van der Merwe, daughter of Mavis de Villiers.


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