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''[[Die Jaar Toe My Ma Begin Sing Het]]'' ("The year my mother started singing") is a one act stage adaptation an  [[Afrikaans]] novella by [[Engemi Ferreira]](1943-).  

== Original text ==

The [[Afrikaans]] novel, published in 1988 by  [[Van der Walt Uitgewers]]  (later known as  [[LAPA]] publishers), was adapted for the stage as a one or two hander,  independently by two authors in the 1990s. 

==Adaptations and translations==

Adapted as ''[[Die Jaar Toe My Ma Begin Sing Het]]'' by [[Wim Vorster]] in 1995. 

Adapted as ''[[Moervrug]]'' by [[Elma Potgieter]] in 1998. 

The plays are both unpublished, but a copy of the Potgieter version is obtainable from [[DALRO]] and is credited to [[Engemi Ferreira]] and [[Elma Potgieter]].

== South African performances ==

1995: Performed at the first [[Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees]] ([[KKNK]]) in 1995 in [[Wim Vorster]]'s version (as ''[[Die Jaar Toe My Ma Begin Sing Het]]'') as a one man piece, directed by [[Gert van Niekerk]] with [[Hannes van Wyk]]. 

1998: Performed by [[Die Bywoners]] as ''[[Moervrug]]'' at the [[Aardklop]] festival on 24 and 25 September, starring [[Elma Potgieter]], and directed by [[Schalk Jacobsz]]. 

1999: Performed by [[Die Bywoners]] as ''[[Moervrug]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre|Witbank Stadsteater]] festival of solo-plays on 15 Oktober , starring [[Elma Potgieter]], and directed by [[Schalk Jacobsz]].

== Sources ==

http://kknk.co.za/nuus/hannes-van-wyk-by-eerste-fees

http://152.111.1.88/argief/berigte/beeld/1997/10/10/8/31.html

http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/engemi-ferreira-1943

''Die [[Volksblad]]'' 19 August 1998.

''[[Die Burger]]'' 12 May 1999.

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