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1989: Performed as ''[[Maljan onder die Hoenders]]'' as part of ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' as produced by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in May. It was played as a replacement for the original ''[[Die Egskeiding]]'' which [[Robert Mohr]] had used.   
 
1989: Performed as ''[[Maljan onder die Hoenders]]'' as part of ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' as produced by [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in May. It was played as a replacement for the original ''[[Die Egskeiding]]'' which [[Robert Mohr]] had used.   
 
 
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
First performed by [[Aurora]] in 1905(?),  it originally published as ''[[Bij die Tande-dokter]]'' by De Bussy (Pretoria) and HAUM (Cape Town) in 1905, and then reprinted in 1911, 1917, 1921. Also published as part of  the compilation ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' by [[Robert Mohr]] by [[DALRO]] in 1973.
 
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
 
 
The play was apparently adapted, translated and/or performed,  under a variety of titles by various societies over the years. E.g as ''[[Oom Piet met syn Tand Pyn]]'' by "[[Domkrag]]", published in ''[[De Koerier]]'', Beaufort West, 27 November 1910; as ''[[Tandpyn]]'' by the [[Christelike Jongeliedenvereniging‎|CJV Nooitgedacht-Suid]]  in 1914; and as ''[[In die Stoel van die Tandarts]]'',  translated into [[Afrikaans]] by "Ware Afrikaner".
 
 
The play has also formed part of some versions of [[Robert Mohr]]'s revue-compilation ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' (1967) and the various later versions of it.
 
 
== Performances ==
 
 
1905: ''[[By die Tande Dokter]]'' first Performed by [[Aurora]] in Cape Town
 
 
1989: ''[[Bij die Tande-dokter]]'' performed as part of ''[[Ons Hou Konsert]]'' ([[Melt Brink]]/[[Robert Mohr]]) by  the [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]]
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 07:00, 13 July 2016

Maljan onder die Hoenders ("Mad Jan among the chickens") is a Dutch-Afrikaans one-act farce by Melt Brink (1842–1925).

Also found as Mal-Jan onder die Hoenders


The original text

Published by J.H. de Bussy (Pretoria) and HAUM (Cape Town) in 1906, reprinted 1911, 1915, 1918, 1924.


Translations and adaptations

It was played as a replacement by director Johann Nel for the original Die Egskeiding in a production of Robert Mohr's text for Ons Hou Konsert.

Performances

1906(?): Performed as Mal-Jan onder die Hoenders by Aurora in Cape Town

1989: Performed as Maljan onder die Hoenders as part of Ons Hou Konsert as produced by Universiteitsteater Stellenboschin the H.B. Thom Theatre in May. It was played as a replacement for the original Die Egskeiding which Robert Mohr had used.

Sources

http://www.litnet.co.za/melt-j-brink-1842-1925/

P.J. du Toit, 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica


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