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''[[Die Meul Dreun]]'' ("The mill drones") is a full-length [[Afrikaans]] play by [[D.F. Malherbe]] (1881-1969). | ''[[Die Meul Dreun]]'' ("The mill drones") is a full-length [[Afrikaans]] play by [[D.F. Malherbe]] (1881-1969). | ||
| − | Based on and adapted from his own | + | Based on and adapted from his own 1926 novel ''Die Meulenaar'' ("The miller") by Malherbe, considered the first and prototypical [[Afrikaans]] "farm novel", set in the idealized landscape of the Western Cape. |
First published in ''[[Die Meul Dreun en Ander Toneelwerk]]'', by [[D.F. Malherbe]] by [[Nasionale Pers]] in 1943. | First published in ''[[Die Meul Dreun en Ander Toneelwerk]]'', by [[D.F. Malherbe]] by [[Nasionale Pers]] in 1943. | ||
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1939: Produced by [[Volksteater]], directed by [[Hélène Güldenpfennig]]. | 1939: Produced by [[Volksteater]], directed by [[Hélène Güldenpfennig]]. | ||
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1944: Performed by by [[K.A.T.]] in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, during May, directed by [[Sarah Goldblatt]]. With [[J.H. Oosthuizen]], [[Gert Pretorius]], [[Elise Marais]], [[Piet du Toit]], [[C.E. van der Spuy]], [[Gallie Muller]], [[Jac Olivier]], [[W.G. Meintjies]]. | 1944: Performed by by [[K.A.T.]] in the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]], Cape Town, during May, directed by [[Sarah Goldblatt]]. With [[J.H. Oosthuizen]], [[Gert Pretorius]], [[Elise Marais]], [[Piet du Toit]], [[C.E. van der Spuy]], [[Gallie Muller]], [[Jac Olivier]], [[W.G. Meintjies]]. | ||
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Die Meul Dreun ("The mill drones") is a full-length Afrikaans play by D.F. Malherbe (1881-1969).
Based on and adapted from his own 1926 novel Die Meulenaar ("The miller") by Malherbe, considered the first and prototypical Afrikaans "farm novel", set in the idealized landscape of the Western Cape.
First published in Die Meul Dreun en Ander Toneelwerk, by D.F. Malherbe by Nasionale Pers in 1943.
1939: Produced by Volksteater, directed by Hélène Güldenpfennig.
1944: Performed by by K.A.T. in the Hofmeyr Theatre, Cape Town, during May, directed by Sarah Goldblatt. With J.H. Oosthuizen, Gert Pretorius, Elise Marais, Piet du Toit, C.E. van der Spuy, Gallie Muller, Jac Olivier, W.G. Meintjies.
Sources
Trek 8(24):15, 1944.
Christopher Heywood. 2004. A History of South African Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press[1]
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