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 Rewritten the same year (to make provision for two women characters and allow women to perform), it was thereafter performed in various centres across the country. The title was later also adapted to more modern [[Afrikaans]] idiom as ''[[Die Bedriegers]]''.
-The text was first performed in the Somerset East Town Hall between August 1892 and May 1893, after which it was published in ''[[De Goede Hoop]]'' from June to July 1905 and in ''[[De Gezellige]]'' in November 1905. It was published separately in 1915 and has seen many reprints. Included in a seminal compendium called ''[[Di bedriegers, Magrita Prinslo, en ander Afrikaanse dramas en samesprake tot 1900]]'' by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ([[Voortrekkerpers]], 1942, reprinted by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1975 - now titled by its contemporary [[Afrikaans]] title as ''[[Die Bedrieërs]]''). Also published in ''[[Die Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'', compiled by [[P.G. Nel]], [[Perskor]] in 1972.
+The text was first performed in the Somerset East Town Hall between August 1892 and May 1893, after which it was published in ''[[De Goede Hoop]]'' from June to July 1905 and in ''[[De Gezellige]]'' in November 1905. It was published separately in 1915 and has seen many reprints. Included in a seminal compendium called ''[[Di bedriegers, Magrita Prinslo, en ander Afrikaanse dramas en samesprake tot 1900]]'' by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ([[Voortrekkerpers]], 1942, reprinted by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1975). Also published in ''[[Die Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'', compiled by [[P.G. Nel]], [[Perskor]] in 1972.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==The original text==
-Originally written in [[Cape Dutch]] sometime between August 1892 and May 1893, and titled ''[[Di Bedriegers]]'', it is considered to be the first fully [[Afrikaans]] play, and is a short farce about four men faking illness to avoid being called up for military duty on the border.
+Originally written in [[Cape Dutch]] sometime between August 1892 and May 1893, and titled ''[[Di Bedriegers]]'', it is considered to be the first fully [[Afrikaans]] play.
 Rewritten the same year (to make provision for two women characters and allow women to perform), it was thereafter performed in various centres across the country. The title was later also adapted to more modern [[Afrikaans]] idiom as ''[[Die Bedriegers]]''.
-The text was long unpublished, but was eventually included in the compendium called ''[[Di bedriegers, Magrita Prinslo, en ander Afrikaanse dramas en samesprake tot 1900]]'' by [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. [[Voortrekkerpers]], 1942 (reprinted by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1975 - now titled by its contemporary [[Afrikaans]] title as ''[[Die Bedrieërs]]''.
+The text was first performed in the Somerset East Town Hall between August 1892 and May 1893, after which it was published in ''[[De Goede Hoop]]'' from June to July 1905 and in ''[[De Gezellige]]'' in November 1905. It was published separately in 1915 and has seen many reprints. Included in a seminal compendium called ''[[Di bedriegers, Magrita Prinslo, en ander Afrikaanse dramas en samesprake tot 1900]]'' by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ([[Voortrekkerpers]], 1942, reprinted by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1975 - now titled by its contemporary [[Afrikaans]] title as ''[[Die Bedrieërs]]''). Also published in ''[[Die Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'', compiled by [[P.G. Nel]], [[Perskor]] in 1972.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	''[[Di Bedriegers]]'' ("The deceivers") is an [[Afrikaans]] farce by [[D.P. du Toit]] (1870-1936).		''[[Di Bedriegers]]'' ("The deceivers") is an [[Afrikaans]] farce by [[D.P. du Toit]] (1870-1936).

−	Also found as ''[[Die Bedriegers]]'' and ''[[Die Bedrieërs]]'' in later versions.	+	Also found as '''''[[Die Bedriegers]]''''' and '''''[[Die Bedrieërs]]''''' in later versions.

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Die Bedriegers]]	+
		+	''[[Di Bedriegers]]'' ("The deceivers") is an [[Afrikaans]] farce by [[D.P. du Toit]] (1870-1936).
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		+	Also found as ''[[Die Bedriegers]]'' and ''[[Die Bedrieërs]]'' in later versions.
		+
		+
		+	==The original text==
		+
		+	Originally written in [[Cape Dutch]] sometime between August 1892 and May 1893, and titled ''[[Di Bedriegers]]'', it is considered to be the first fully [[Afrikaans]] play, and is a short farce about four men faking illness to avoid being called up for military duty on the border.
		+
		+	Rewritten the same year (to make provision for two women characters and allow women to perform), it was thereafter performed in various centres across the country. The title was later also adapted to more modern [[Afrikaans]] idiom as ''[[Die Bedriegers]]''.
		+
		+	The text was long unpublished, but was eventually included in the compendium called ''[[Di bedriegers, Magrita Prinslo, en ander Afrikaanse dramas en samesprake tot 1900]]'' by [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. [[Voortrekkerpers]], 1942 (reprinted by [[Human & Rousseau]], 1975 - now titled by its contemporary [[Afrikaans]] title as ''[[Die Bedrieërs]]''.
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		+	Published in ''[[Die Storm en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'', compiled by [[P.G. Nel]], [[Perskor]] in 1972.
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1882/3: Performed in [[Somerset East Town Hall]] sometime between August 1892 and May 1893, possibly by the [[Somerset Oos Debatsvereniging]], with the author as a member of the cast.
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		+	1909-1910: Performed by the [[AHTV]] in Pretoria.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	Copy of the text held by [[AKDA]][https://akda.co.za/product/die-bedrieers-n-klugspelletjie-1905-1975-tweede-uitgawe-d-p-du-toit/]
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		+	https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Di_bedriegers_Magrita_Prinslo_en_ander_A.html?id=NgQxAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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		+	Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the [[F.C.L. Bosman]] collection held at the [[Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum]] ([[NALN]]) in Bloemfontein.
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		+	List of [[Afrikaans]] dramas published between 1960 and 1977, compiled by [[NALN]].
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		+	https://kakkerlak.co.za/product/die-bedrieers-en-magrieta-prinsloo-d-p-du-toit-en-s-j-du-toit/
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