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''[[Tante Trui, Een Liefdesgeschiedenis]]'' ("Aunt Trui, A history of love") is a popular [[Dutch]] one-act farce by an unknown author. 

Also referred to simply as '''''[[Tante Trui]]'''''. 

A popular name in [[Dutch]], the [[Dutch]] (and [[Afrikaans]]) word "trui" actually means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for a full name such as Gertruida. 

==The original text==

Possibly based on the folksong ''Tante Trui en Tante Toosje''

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1867: Performed by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] on 4 July

1869: Performed by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] in the [[Wynberg Aided School]], Wynberg, Cape Town in August, as an afterpiece to [[H.W. Teengs]]'s locally written [[Dutch]] play ''[[Willem Nel]]''.

== Sources ==


[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 457-460.

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