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''[[Pampoenfluit]]'' (lit. "Pumpkin flute") is an [[Afrikaans]] one act verse play by an unnamed author.  
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''[[Pampoenfluit]]'' (lit. "Pumpkin flute") is an [[Afrikaans]] one act verse play by [[Juan Els]].  
  
  
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A one act verse play with two characters ("Hy" and "Sy"), dramatised as a physical theatre piece.   
 
A one act verse play with two characters ("Hy" and "Sy"), dramatised as a physical theatre piece.   
  
It seems that the initial draft text for this play was called ''[[In die Lente]]'' ("On the spring"), but appears to have been altered to ''[[Pampoenfluit]]'', probably at the suggestion of the director, for performance. (An annotated computer printout of ''[[In die Lente]]'' is held in the archive of the Drama Department at Stellenbosch University),
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It seems that the initial draft text for this play was called ''[[In die Lente]]'' ("In the spring"), but appears to have been altered to ''[[Pampoenfluit]]'', of which probably at the suggestion of the director, for performance.  
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An annotated computer printout of ''[[In die Lente]]'' (no author named) was found in the archive of the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]], as well as a computer printout of ''[[Pampoenfluit]]'', ascribed to [[Juan Els]]. Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]]  ([[PARC]])  at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1991: Performed as ''[[Pampoenfluit]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] at Grahamstown by the [[Stellenbosch University]] Drama Department ([[UTS]])  on 25–27 July.
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1991: Performed as ''[[Pampoenfluit]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]] at Grahamstown by the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] (billed as [[UTS]])  on 25–27 July, directed by the author [[Juan Els]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Anon. 1991(?). ''[[In die Lente]]'': An annotated computer printout of the text held in the archive of the Drama Department at [[Stellenbosch University]].  
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Anon. 1991(?). ''[[In die Lente]]'': An annotated computer printout of the text held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]]  ([[PARC]])  at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], Stellenbosch.  
  
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[[Juan Els]]. 1991(?). ''[[In die Lente]]'':  An annotated computer printout of the text held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]]  ([[PARC]])  at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], Stellenbosch.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:42, 7 June 2025

Pampoenfluit (lit. "Pumpkin flute") is an Afrikaans one act verse play by Juan Els.


The original text

A one act verse play with two characters ("Hy" and "Sy"), dramatised as a physical theatre piece.

It seems that the initial draft text for this play was called In die Lente ("In the spring"), but appears to have been altered to Pampoenfluit, of which probably at the suggestion of the director, for performance.

An annotated computer printout of In die Lente (no author named) was found in the archive of the Stellenbosch Drama Department, as well as a computer printout of Pampoenfluit, ascribed to Juan Els. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1991: Performed as Pampoenfluit at the National Arts Festival at Grahamstown by the Stellenbosch Drama Department (billed as UTS) on 25–27 July, directed by the author Juan Els.

Sources

Anon. 1991(?). In die Lente: An annotated computer printout of the text held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch.

Juan Els. 1991(?). In die Lente: An annotated computer printout of the text held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch.

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