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''[[Tante Trui, Een Liefdesgeschiedenis]]'' ("Aunt Trui, A history of love") is a popular [[Dutch]] one-act farce by an unknown author.  
 
''[[Tante Trui, Een Liefdesgeschiedenis]]'' ("Aunt Trui, A history of love") is a popular [[Dutch]] one-act farce by an unknown author.  
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Also referred to simply as ''[[Tante Trui]]''.
  
 
The [[Dutch]] (and [[Afrikaans]]) word "trui" means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for the full name Gertruida.  
 
The [[Dutch]] (and [[Afrikaans]]) word "trui" means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for the full name Gertruida.  

Revision as of 06:45, 4 January 2018

Tante Trui, Een Liefdesgeschiedenis ("Aunt Trui, A history of love") is a popular Dutch one-act farce by an unknown author.

Also referred to simply as Tante Trui.

The Dutch (and Afrikaans) word "trui" means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for the full name Gertruida.

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Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed by Aurora II on 4 July

1869: Performed by Aurora II in the Wynberg Aided School, Wynberg, Cape Town in August, as an afterpiece to H.W Teengs's locally written Dutch play Willem Nel.


Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 457-460.

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