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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Written in “[[Kaaps]]”, or "[[Cape Afrikaans]]'', it is a play about municipal workers and the effect on them of finding an abandoned baby in a drain.  
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Written in “[[Kaaps]]”, or "[[Cape Afrikaans]]", it is a play about municipal workers and the effect on them of finding an abandoned baby in a drain.
  
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The text unpublished.
  
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Later expanded to become the full-length play ''[[Die Drein]]''.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
First performed in the [[Joseph Stone Auditorium]] by the [[Belhar Amateur Drama]] in 1975. Also done by [[Unison Players]] in 1977 and 1978. Later expanded to become ''[[Die Drein]]''.
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1975: First performed in the [[Joseph Stone Auditorium]] by the [[Belhar Amateur Dramavereniging]]
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1977: Performed by [[Unison Players]]
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Bound copy of the typed text of the play, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.   
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Bound copy of the typed text of ''[[Voor Dit Gebeur]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022.   
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:35, 10 March 2023

Voor Dit Gebeur ("Before it happens ") is a one-act play with music by Peter Snyders.

The original text

Written in “Kaaps”, or "Cape Afrikaans", it is a play about municipal workers and the effect on them of finding an abandoned baby in a drain.

The text unpublished.

Later expanded to become the full-length play Die Drein.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1975: First performed in the Joseph Stone Auditorium by the Belhar Amateur Dramavereniging

1977: Performed by Unison Players

Sources

Bound copy of the typed text of Voor Dit Gebeur, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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