Mamma het planne

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Mamma het planne ("Mother has plans") is an Afrikaans one-act comedy by Gerhard J. Beukes (1913 - 1998).

The original text

A play about parents desperately trying to get their daughter married.

Published under this name in the anthology Kerse Teen die Wind: Tien Eenbedrywe by J.L. van Schaik (1950).

Also known as Die Nôientjie het Planne ("The young girl has plans") under which name it was published in Die Nôientjie het Planne! and in 'n Lag en 'n Traan (19**), both by J.L. van Schaik.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1953: First performed by K.A.T. directed by Vivian Styger in May 1953.

1970s: Performed as Die Nôientjie het Planne by the Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging

Sources

Frederik Jacobus Nel 1972. Die Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging, 1934-1962. Unpublished master’s thesis. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch: p. 153.

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