Het Testament van Oom Jan

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Het Testament van Oom Jan ("The will of Uncle John") is a Dutch comedy in one act by Alexander Dandois (1844-)[1].

The original text

Published in Brussels by the Nederlandsche bibliotheek van geprimeerde en bekroonde tooneelwerken (no.19) in 1879, the title page describing the play as a "Blijspel met zang in één bedrijf zonder vrouwenrollen" (i.e. "a comedy in one act, with songs and without roles for women").

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed by the rederijkerskamer Oefening Baart Kunst in the President Theatre, Pretoria in March (no author mentioned).

Sources

https://www.amazon.com/Het-testament-van-oom-vrouwenrollen/dp/B003MSAWBE

"Alexander Dandois" in: F. Jos. van den Branden and J.G. Frederiks, 1888-1891,Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde, De Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[2]

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.485.

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica.

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.

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