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''[[Sybrand die Watermaker]]'' (“Sybrand the water maker”) is a one-act play by [[Eugène Terre'Blanche]] (1941-).  
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(“Sybrand the water maker”) by [[Eugène Terre'Blanche]]. Play about a farmer in the Kalahari who bores for water for other farmers, but is unable to find water on his own farm. When he does, using dynamite, he dies in an accident.  
  
Originally known as ''[[Sybrand]]'' (and described as a one act play written for the South African Police Force), it was probably first performed by Terre'Blanche's own society, the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie Toneelgeselskap]] and the text was published as a performance text by [[DALRO]] in 1969
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Published in ''[[Iewers Langs die Pad]]'' by [[Van Schaik]]. One-act. Cast: mixed.
  
It was the first play performed by the newly founded [[Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging]] in 1974.
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First play performed by [[Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging]] in 1974.  
 
 
The play was then published as ''[[Sybrand die Watermaker]]'' in the collection ''[[Iewers Langs die Pad]]'' by [[Van Schaik]] in 1983. The collection was prescribed for schools in 1983 and 1984.  
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
"Terre Blanche, Eugène N.", [[WorldCat]] Identities[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2006039584/]
 
 
https://www.worldcat.org/title/sybrand-n-eenbedryf-drama-vir-die-suid-afrikaanse-polisie/oclc/870551965
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ja-Ji|January, C.]] 1997. 44-46.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ja-Ji|January, C.]] 1997. 44-46.
  

Revision as of 11:09, 18 August 2021

(“Sybrand the water maker”) by Eugène Terre'Blanche. Play about a farmer in the Kalahari who bores for water for other farmers, but is unable to find water on his own farm. When he does, using dynamite, he dies in an accident.

Published in Iewers Langs die Pad by Van Schaik. One-act. Cast: mixed.

First play performed by Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging in 1974.

Sources

January, C. 1997. 44-46.


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