Die Jammer Hart
Die Jammer Hart ("The sorrowing heart") is a one-act play by W.A. de Klerk (1917-1996).
Contents
The original text
A play about a woman who kills her sick child and then confesses.
Published in the collection Drie Vroue (“Three women”), also containing Die Volmaakte Huwelik and Ontvlugting in 1945. Also published in Bo Die Kranse en ander Eenbedrywe by Tafelberg; in Vyfling by Nasboek; in Skerm en Masker by Van Schaik (1958) and in Spel en Spelers by Van Schaik.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Digital copy of the text, AKDA[1]]
Copy of the text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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