Truitjie Mense
Truitjie Mense ("people in little pullovers") is an Afrikaans one act play by Marteni Burger ().
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The original text
A play about interracial tensions set on a family-owned wine farm, the cast representative of two classes: "Die welstand" (the "well-to-do"), "Die agterstand" ("the left behind", i.e. the "truitjie mense"). Written by the author as part of a B.Dram playwriting course at the Stellenbosch Drama Department and performed by fellow students.
A copy of the typed text found in the archives of the Stellenbosch Drama Department in 2022. (Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch.)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Bound copy of the typed text of Truitjie Mense held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch.
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