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''[[Vermaak se Kind]]'' ("Entertainment's child/Vermaak's child"?) is a  3-act comedy in [[Afrikaans]] by [[W.A. de Klerk]] (1917-1996).  
 
''[[Vermaak se Kind]]'' ("Entertainment's child/Vermaak's child"?) is a  3-act comedy in [[Afrikaans]] by [[W.A. de Klerk]] (1917-1996).  
  
The title is makes use of the double entendre presented by the Afrikaans surname Vermaak and the Afrikaans word for entertainment, as well as being a reference to the [[Afrikaans]] expression "ek's nie vermaak se kind nie" (lit "I am not entertainment's child", i.e. "I am no fool")  
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The title is makes use of the ''double entendre'' presented by the [[Afrikaans]] surname "Vermaak" and the [[Afrikaans]] word for "entertainment", as well as being a reference to the [[Afrikaans]] expression "ek's nie vermaak se kind nie" (lit "I am not entertainment's child", i.e. "I am no fool", "I am not to be trifled/played with")  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Published as ''[[Vermaak se Kind: Die kroniek van 'n soeker]]'' (Vermaak's child: the chronicle of a searcher") by [[Nasionale Boekhandel]], 1963.
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Published as ''[[Vermaak se Kind: Die kroniek van 'n soeker]]'' ("Vermaak's child: the chronicle of a searcher") by [[Nasionale Boekhandel]], 1963.
 
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Latest revision as of 19:00, 13 January 2021

Vermaak se Kind ("Entertainment's child/Vermaak's child"?) is a 3-act comedy in Afrikaans by W.A. de Klerk (1917-1996).

The title is makes use of the double entendre presented by the Afrikaans surname "Vermaak" and the Afrikaans word for "entertainment", as well as being a reference to the Afrikaans expression "ek's nie vermaak se kind nie" (lit "I am not entertainment's child", i.e. "I am no fool", "I am not to be trifled/played with")

The original text

Published as Vermaak se Kind: Die kroniek van 'n soeker ("Vermaak's child: the chronicle of a searcher") by Nasionale Boekhandel, 1963.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Vermaak_se_kind.html?id=N0ZIvgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Afrikaans Wikipedia [1]

De Beer, 1995;

Kannemeyer, 1983)

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