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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Published 1879, the title page describing the play as a "Blijspel met zang in één bedrijf zonder vrouwenrollen" (i.e. "a comedy in one act, with songs and without roles for women"). Published by  the ''Nederlandsche bibliotheek van geprimeerde en bekroonde tooneelwerken'' (no.19).
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Published in Brussels by  the ''Nederlandsche bibliotheek van geprimeerde en bekroonde tooneelwerken'' (no.19) in 1879, the title page describing the play as a "Blijspel met zang in één bedrijf zonder vrouwenrollen" (i.e. "a comedy in one act, with songs and without roles for women").
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:29, 13 November 2020

Het Testament van Oom Jan ("The will of Uncle John") is a Dutch comedy in one act by Dandois Alexander ()[].

The original text

Published in Brussels by the Nederlandsche bibliotheek van geprimeerde en bekroonde tooneelwerken (no.19) in 1879, the title page describing the play as a "Blijspel met zang in één bedrijf zonder vrouwenrollen" (i.e. "a comedy in one act, with songs and without roles for women").

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed by the rederijkerskamer Oefening Baart Kunst in the President Theatre, Pretoria in March (no author mentioned).

Sources

https://www.amazon.com/Het-testament-van-oom-vrouwenrollen/dp/B003MSAWBE

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.485.

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica.

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.

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