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Written in [[Dutch]] for performance by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora|Aurora II]] in 1873. | Written in [[Dutch]] for performance by the [[Rederijkerskamer]] [[Aurora|Aurora II]] in 1873. | ||
− | Published in [[Cape Dutch]] as ''[[Die Kwaaitjie Huishoudster]]'' (approximately "the feisty housekeeper") in Cape Town in 1905. | + | Published in [[Cape Dutch]] as ''[[Die Kwaaitjie Huishoudster]]'' (approximately "the feisty housekeeper") in Cape Town in 1905. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== |
Revision as of 05:54, 22 November 2020
De Onaangename Huishoudster ("The unpleasant housekeeper") is a one act comedy by Melt J. Brink (1842-1925).
Contents
The original text
Written in Dutch for performance by the Rederijkerskamer Aurora II in 1873.
Published in Cape Dutch as Die Kwaaitjie Huishoudster (approximately "the feisty housekeeper") in Cape Town in 1905.
Translations and adaptations
Rewritten in Cape Dutch under the title Die Kwaaije Huishoudster ("The difficult housekeeper") by Brink and published as Die Kwaaije Huishoudster by De Bussy (Pretoria) and HAUM (Cape Town) in 1905, reprinted 1912, 1918, 1927.
Also spelled Die Kwaaie Huishoudster in some sources.
The text was also used as one of the texts in the compilation-play Ons Hou Konsert II ("We present a concert") by Robert Mohr (1983).
Performances
1907?: Probably first performed by Aurora in Cape Town.
1983: Performed as part of Ons Hou Konsert II (Melt Brink/Robert Mohr) by CAPAB in Cape Town.
Sources
http://www.litnet.co.za/melt-j-brink-1842-1925/
Ons Hou Konsert II, theatre programme 1983.
P.J. du Toit, 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica
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Performance history in South Africa
1873: Performed by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 10 June, as an afterpiece to De Val van den Hertog van Alba (J. Schuitemaker).
1873: Performed by Aurora II in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 6 October, as an afterpiece to Trouw Beloond (Brink) .
1873: Performed by Aurora II in the new packing store of the Paarlse Wijnmaatschappij, Paarl, on 5 November, as an afterpiece to Trouw Beloond (Brink).
Sources
Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember) [1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 459, 468-9
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