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''[[Die Ring]]'' (“The Ring”) is a one-act play by [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]] and [[Andries de Klerk]].

==The original text==

An [[Afrikaans]] comedy about misunderstandings and rivalries at a wedding. 

First published in the collection ''[[Die Ring en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' by [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]] and [[Andries de Klerk]] (Cape Town: [[Nasionale Pers]]) in  1944 and 1947. Also published later in ''[[Kom ons speel toneel]]'' by [[Gerhard Beukes]] (Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]).

==Performances==

1944: First performed by [[K.A.T.]] with [[Heleen de Klerk]] ([[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]]?) and [[Bertie van der Merwe]] in March 1944 in the [[Hofmeyr Hall]], Cape Town.

1945: Produced for the [[Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society]] by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] as their entry in the 1945 [[Federation of Amateur Theatrical Societies of South Africa|FATSSA]] Play Festival.

1970s: Performed by the [[Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging]]  in the 1970s. 



== Sources ==
''[[Trek]]'', 8(22):15 1944.

''[[Trek]]'', 10(8):23 1945.

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