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''[[Twee Osse]]'' ("Two oxen") is a one act play by [[Eugene Terre’Blanche]] (1944-2010).
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''[[Twee Osse]]'' ("Two oxen") is a one act play by [[Sersant Terre Blanche]] (1944-2010).
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Described as a one act play written for the South African Police Force, it was probably first performed by the police force's dramatic society.
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A copy of the text is said to have been published (in typescript?) by the [[University of Pretoria]]'s Department of Dramatology in 1961. A copy of this text is held in the archives of the Drama Department at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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In 1968 [[DALRO]] published a performance text of the play.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
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It was probably written for an performed by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie Toneelgeselskap]] ("South African Police Theatre Company") in the 1960s.
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== 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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[Sersant Terre Blanche]]. 1961. ''[[Twee Osse]]''. Department of Dramatology at the [[University of Pretoria]]. (A typed and copied performance text for use in the department. A copy used is also held in the Drama Department archive, [[University of Stellenbosch]].)  
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 14:50, 2 October 2022

Twee Osse ("Two oxen") is a one act play by Sersant Terre Blanche (1944-2010).

The original text

Described as a one act play written for the South African Police Force, it was probably first performed by the police force's dramatic society.

A copy of the text is said to have been published (in typescript?) by the University of Pretoria's Department of Dramatology in 1961. A copy of this text is held in the archives of the Drama Department at the University of Stellenbosch.

In 1968 DALRO published a performance text of the play.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

It was probably written for an performed by the Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie Toneelgeselskap ("South African Police Theatre Company") in the 1960s.

Sources

Sersant Terre Blanche. 1961. Twee Osse. Department of Dramatology at the University of Pretoria. (A typed and copied performance text for use in the department. A copy used is also held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.)


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