Hulle het ’n Boom Afgekap

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Hulle het ’n Boom Afgekap ("They chopped down a tree") is a one act Afrikaans play by D.F. Malherbe (1881-1969).

The original text

A nationalistic folk play based on the theme of Malherbe's own poem Bosrand ("bush hill").

Published in the collection Hulle Het ‘n Boom Afgekap en Goue Appels by Nasionale Boekhandel, 1956.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

DALRO list.

Stellenbosch University Library catalogue

Typed list, E. Reyneke, 1978

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.F._Malherbe

J.C. Kannemeyer 1978. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[1], pp. 162

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