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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The text unpublished.
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
==Translations and adaptations==
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The text later expanded to become the full-length play called '''''[[Die Drein]]'''''.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
First performed in the [[Joseph Stone Auditorium]] by the [[Belhar Amateur Dramavereniging]] 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, and 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.  
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:53, 5 August 2025

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The text unpublished.

Translations and adaptations

The text later expanded to become the full-length play called Die Drein.

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, and 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.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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