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''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' ("The hour of retribution") is a title found for two plays performed in South Africa
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''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' ("The hour of retribution") is a title found for two plays performed and/or published in South Africa
  
 
(The title ''[[Uur van Vergelding]]'' is also found.)
 
(The title ''[[Uur van Vergelding]]'' is also found.)
  
=''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' by McGuire/Gunther=
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There is an [[Afrikaans]] historical novel called ''[[Uur van Vergelding]]'' by Pierre J. Fourie (1970).
  
''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' is the [[Afrikaans]] title given to a translation of ''[[The Divorce Question]]'' by William Anthony McGuire.
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=''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' by McGuire/Gunter (1930)=
  
== The original play ==
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''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]'' is the [[Afrikaans]] title of a popular play about divorce performed by the [[Hanekom Company]]. According to the programme the play was by "[[Friedrich Gunter]]", an attribution repeated by [[Wena Naude]] as late as 1973 (''[[Die Brandwag]]'', 14 September 1973). She indicated that it had been  translated into [[Afrikaans]] by Mrs. [[A.E. Carinus-Holzhausen]].
  
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However, according to [[Ludwig Binge]] (1969), this was more likely to have been  a translation of ''[[The Divorce Question]]'', a popular American play by William Anthony McGuire. Thus Gunter may have translated it into [[Dutch]] or German (and the Afrikaans version based on that), or else the fictional name was simply used to avoid copyright issues. 
  
''[[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.
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'''See ''[[The Divorce Question]]'''''
  
First published in the USA in 1915. Also published by Samuel French in 1943.
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==Sources==
  
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
  
Evidence suggests that the work was translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Friedrich Gunther]] for production by the [[Hanekom Company]].
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[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge|Ludwig Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.
 
 
 
 
== 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.  
 
List of productions by the [[Hanekom Company]] compiled by [[André Huguenet]], published in ''[[Filma]] (Kultuur)'' in January 1946.  
  
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series 1957[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=QywhAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA89&lpg=RA1-PA89&dq=The+Divorce+Question+a+stage+play+by+MacQuire&source=bl&ots=oFWOtGLDIo&sig=9Qe8AQk6C2cizucisThAUaLxPXQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-wvf4qfbTAhXIDMAKHf3wBL0Q6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Divorce%20Question%20a%20stage%20play%20by%]20MacQuire&f=false
  
=''Die Uur van Vergelding''  by [[Jac J. Brits]]=
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=''[[Die Uur van Vergelding]]''  by [[Jac J. Brits]] (1959)=
  
 
An original one-act play, published in ''[[Tydskrif vir Letterkunde]]'', 9(3):65-74. Sept 1959.
 
An original one-act play, published in ''[[Tydskrif vir Letterkunde]]'', 9(3):65-74. Sept 1959.
  
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==Sources==
  
== Sources ==
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Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 9(3):65-74. Sept 1959.
 
 
  
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series 1957[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=QywhAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA89&lpg=RA1-PA89&dq=The+Divorce+Question+a+stage+play+by+MacQuire&source=bl&ots=oFWOtGLDIo&sig=9Qe8AQk6C2cizucisThAUaLxPXQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-wvf4qfbTAhXIDMAKHf3wBL0Q6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Divorce%20Question%20a%20stage%20play%20by%]20MacQuire&f=false
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 14:21, 17 May 2017

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

(The title Uur van Vergelding is also found.)

There is an Afrikaans historical novel called Uur van Vergelding by Pierre J. Fourie (1970).

Die Uur van Vergelding by McGuire/Gunter (1930)

Die Uur van Vergelding is the Afrikaans title of a popular play about divorce performed by the Hanekom Company. According to the programme the play was by "Friedrich Gunter", an attribution repeated by Wena Naude as late as 1973 (Die Brandwag, 14 September 1973). She indicated that it had been translated into Afrikaans by Mrs. A.E. Carinus-Holzhausen.

However, according to Ludwig Binge (1969), this was more likely to have been a translation of The Divorce Question, a popular American play by William Anthony McGuire. Thus Gunter may have translated it into Dutch or German (and the Afrikaans version based on that), or else the fictional name was simply used to avoid copyright issues.

See The Divorce Question

Sources

Ludwig 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.

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

Die Uur van Vergelding by Jac J. Brits (1959)

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

Sources

Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 9(3):65-74. Sept 1959.


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