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''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' is the [[Afrikaans]] title given to a translation of ''[[The Divorce Question]]'' by William Anthony McGuire.  
 
''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' is the [[Afrikaans]] title given to a translation of ''[[The Divorce Question]]'' by William Anthony McGuire.  
  
== The original play ==
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'''See ''[[The Divorce Question]]'''''  
 
 
 
 
''[[The Divorce Question]]'' is a play in three acts by William Anthony McGuire (1881-1940) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anthony_McGuire], dealing with the Roman Catholic attitude to divorce.
 
 
 
First published in the USA in 1915. Also published by Samuel French in 1943.
 
 
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
 
 
Evidence suggests that the work was translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Friedrich Gunther]] for production by the [[Hanekom Company]].
 
 
 
 
 
== Productions in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1930: The [[Afrikaans]] version was produced by the [[Hanekom Geselskap|Hanekom Company]] and has over a hundred performances. Starred [[Wena Naudé]], [[Willem van Zyl]] and [[James Norval]]. According to the programme this was by [[Friedrich Gunther]], though Binge (1969) suggests it is by all evidence a translation of ''[[The Divorce Question]]''. Binge's view corresponds with a list of productions by the [[Hanekom Company]] compiled by [[André Huguenet]] (published in ''[[Filma]] (Kultuur)'' in January 1946) listing the author of ''[[Uur van Vergelding]]'' rather quaintly as "MacQuire" (sic).
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.
 
 
 
List of productions by the [[Hanekom Company]] compiled by [[André Huguenet]], published in ''[[Filma]] (Kultuur)'' in January 1946.
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
  
 
=''Die Uur van Vergelding''  by [[Jac J. Brits]]=
 
=''Die Uur van Vergelding''  by [[Jac J. Brits]]=

Revision as of 09:16, 17 May 2017

Die Uur van Vergelding ("The hour of retribution") is a title found for two plays performed in South Africa

(The title Uur van Vergelding is also found.)

Die Uur van Vergelding by McGuire/Gunther

Die Uur van Vergelding is the Afrikaans title given to a translation of The Divorce Question by William Anthony McGuire.

See The Divorce Question

Die Uur van Vergelding by Jac J. Brits

An original one-act play, published in Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 9(3):65-74. Sept 1959.


Sources

Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series 1957[1]20MacQuire&f=false

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