Eerloos

There are two plays by the title Eerloos. Both apparently translated and performed in Afrikaans under the same title.

Eerloos ("Without honour") by Ludwig Stroheim

Translated into Afrikaans by A.J.A. Roux. Produced in Afrikaans by the Heunis-Rood Geselskap in 1935, as a touring production and by Paul de Groot in the Eendragsaal in Johannesburg in the same year. (See Binge, 1969: 177)

Eerloos (van Nouhuys), a drama in three acts in Dutch by W.G. van Nouhuys. Cast: mixed. First performed in Rotterdam in 1890. Published in South Africa by Dusseau, 1944 and Van Schaik, 1958.

Eerloos ("Without Honour"), a drama in three acts in Dutch by W.G. van Nouhuys (1854-1914)[1]

The original text

First performed in Rotterdam in 1890 (not to be confused with Eerloos by Ludwig Stroheim), and published in in 1892.

Published in Dutch in South Africa by H.A.U.M. in 1940 , Dusseau, 1944, and Van Schaik, 1958. The play was a regular setwork for the Senior Certificate examinations in the 1940s and was one of the best known Dutch dramas in South Africa.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans in 1947 by an unknown author, for the André Rousseau Theatre Company.

Performance history in South Africa

Premièred in Afrikaans in July 1947, staged by the André Rousseau Theatre Company, directed by André Rousseau, with Marie Viljoen (Emma), André Rousseau (Fritz Halma), Zandberg Jansen (Karel and Antoon), Ria Louw (Anna) and Nico Lombard (Bracht).

Sources

Cape Times, 24 June 1947.

André Rousseau Theatre Company programme.

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