J.T. Martens
J.T. Martens (1894-1960)[1] was church minister and a dramatist.
Biography
Born Jan Thomas Martens on 15 April 1894 in Greytown, he was the first minister of the Waterval NG congregation (1921 – 1928) and served in other congregations, including Uitenhage, Waterval, Port Elizabeth, Victoria-Wes, Pearston en Uniondale.
He died on 24 May, 1960.
Contribution to theatre, film, media and performance
He wrote Ansie.
He wrote the religious-didactic one-act play Twee is Beter as Een, first performed in 1967 in the church in Wolseley. Later performed in the Old Apostolic church in March 1968 by a group that would become Môrester Amateur Toneelgroep (MAT), and in Malmesbury in June 1968.
Sources
https://www.gemeentegeskiedenis.co.za/martens-jan-thomas/
https://www.gemeentegeskiedenis.co.za/ng-gemeente-port-elizabet-noord/
https://www.kerkargief.co.za/doks/acta/WK_Agenda_1961.pdf
Cornelius January 1997. 'n Vergelykende studie ten opsigte van die aktiwiteite van stedelike swart amateur gemeenskapsgroepe en plattelandse Swart amateur gemeenskapsgroepe in die apartheidsjare. ("A comparative study regarding the activities of urban black amateur community groups and rural black amateur community groups in the Apartheid years") Unpublished master’s thesis. Bellville: University of the Western Cape: pp. 26-27, 36-38.
Annotated copy of the typed text of the one-act play Twee is Beter as Een, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
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