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Suster Beatrys is the translation into Afrikaans of the play Sœur Béatrice. Miracle en trois actes (1901) by Belgian playwright who wrote in French, Maurice Maeterlinck.

1933: Performed in Flemish as Zuster Beatrijs by the University of Cape Town (directed by Ruth Peffers) in the Little Theatre, 23-25 October.

1937: An Afrikaans translation was produced by the Volksteater in Pretoria in March 1937, in a translation by Anna Neethling-Pohl and Anna de Villiers. It starred and was directed by Leonie Pienaar.

1946: Presented by the Akademie vir Dramakuns in the C.S.V. Hall in Stellenbosch on 6 April 1946, directed by Suzanne van Wyk, assisted by Truida Pohl. The cast: Alida Gericke as Beatrys, Louisa Richter, Morkel van Tonder, Willie Olivier, Una Dönges.

Trek, 10(21):15, 1946.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in Flemish by the University of Cape Town (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]]) in the [[Little Theatre]], 23-25 October 1933.
+: Performed in Flemish as ''[[Zuster Beatrijs]]'' by the [[University of Cape Town]] (directed by [[Ruth Peffers]]) in the [[Little Theatre]], 23-25 October.
 : An [[Afrikaans]] translation was produced by the [[Volksteater]] in Pretoria in March 1937, in a translation by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] and [[Anna de Villiers]]. It starred and was directed by [[Leonie Pienaar]].