Twee is Beter as Een

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Twee is Beter as Een (“Two are better than one”) is an Afrikaans one-act play by J.T. Martens.

The original text

A religious-didactic one-act play based on a Bible verse (Ecclesiastes 4: 9-10), the play deals with the need for missionaries in Mashonaland[1]. It tells of a middle-aged missionary doctor who convinces a nurse to accompany him and two friends on a missionary expedition.

The text published by the N.G. Kerk Sendingpers.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1967: Performed in the church in Wolseley.

1968: Performed in March at the Old Apostolic church in Wolseley by the local CJV (Christelike Jongeliedenvereniging, i.e. "Christian Youth Association"), a theatre group that would become known as the Môrester Amateur Toneelgroep (MAT), using the title of the play as their motto.

1968: Performed in Malmesbury in June 1968.

Sources

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activities of urban black amateur community groups and rural black amateur community groups in the Apartheid years") Unpublished master’s thesis.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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashonaland

Annotated copy of the typed text of the play, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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