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''[[Japie's Courtship]]'' is a one act play by an author with the ''nom-de-plume'' of "[[Mowbray-Kloof]]".  
 
''[[Japie's Courtship]]'' is a one act play by an author with the ''nom-de-plume'' of "[[Mowbray-Kloof]]".  
  
The pseudonym, a combination of the names of two Cape Town suburbs, suggests a local author, According to the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), this was "a weak and attenuated variation of [[Stephen Black|Mr Black]]'s ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]''".   
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==The original text==
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The pseudonym, a combination of the names of two well-known Cape Town suburbs, suggests a local author, According to the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), this was "a weak and attenuated variation of [[Stephen Black|Mr Black]]'s ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]''".   
  
 
Though Boonzaier's comments seem to refer to a full-length play, the suggestion that it was a one-act play comes from the theatre historian [[Gosher]] (1988), who does not mention the author.
 
Though Boonzaier's comments seem to refer to a full-length play, the suggestion that it was a one-act play comes from the theatre historian [[Gosher]] (1988), who does not mention the author.
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
1911: Produced in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town,  by an unnamed company, failing totally.
 
1911: Produced in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town,  by an unnamed company, failing totally.
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== Sources ==
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.435
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Revision as of 05:01, 15 May 2020

Japie's Courtship is a one act play by an author with the nom-de-plume of "Mowbray-Kloof".

The original text

The pseudonym, a combination of the names of two well-known Cape Town suburbs, suggests a local author, According to the critic D.C. Boonzaier (1923), this was "a weak and attenuated variation of Mr Black's Love and the Hyphen".

Though Boonzaier's comments seem to refer to a full-length play, the suggestion that it was a one-act play comes from the theatre historian Gosher (1988), who does not mention the author.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1911: Produced in the Opera House, Cape Town, by an unnamed company, failing totally.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.435

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page