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Also referred to simply as '''''[[Tante Trui]]'''''. | Also referred to simply as '''''[[Tante Trui]]'''''. | ||
| − | A popular name in Dutch, the [[Dutch]] (and [[Afrikaans]]) word "trui" actually means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for the full name Gertruida. | + | A popular name in [[Dutch]], the [[Dutch]] (and [[Afrikaans]]) word "trui" actually means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for the full name such as Gertruida. |
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Revision as of 16:44, 4 January 2018
Tante Trui, Een Liefdesgeschiedenis ("Aunt Trui, A history of love") is a popular Dutch one-act farce by an unknown author.
Also referred to simply as Tante Trui.
A popular name in Dutch, the Dutch (and Afrikaans) word "trui" actually means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for the full name such as Gertruida.
Contents
The original text
Possibly based on the folksong Tante Trui en Tante Toosje
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed by Aurora II on 4 July
1869: Performed by Aurora II in the Wynberg Aided School, Wynberg, Cape Town in August, as an afterpiece to H.W. Teengs's locally written Dutch play Willem Nel.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 457-460.
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