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Latest revision as of 06:54, 5 August 2025
Die Drein ("The Drain ") is a full lenth play by Peter Snyders.
Contents
The original text
A full length play written in “Kaaps”, or "Cape Afrikaans", about municipal workers and the effect on them of finding an abandoned baby in a drain.
It is an expansion of Snyders's 1975 one-act play Voor Dit Gebeur (performed in 1975 and 1977) and performed as Die Drein in 1988.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1988: Die Drein first performed in the Nico Arena frfom 25 May to 4 June 4.
Sources
Bound copy of the typed text of Voor Dit Gebeur, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022 and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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