Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning

Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning ("Through struggle to victory") is a dramatic text in Afrikaans by Adèle Jooste (1914–2012).

The original text

This work is mentionioned in the original programme[1] for the opening ceremony for the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria in 1949. The programme lists three scenes - at least two said to have been taken from this work by Jooste - performed by various amateur companies as historical tableaus in the Amphitheatre of the Voortrekker Monument in 1949. The pieces mentioned are: "Episodes uit Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning ("Episodes from Through Struggle to Victory"; 'n Voortrekker Troue ("A Voortrekker Marriage", and Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap ("Arrival of the Huguenots at the Cape").

No published text can be found, and there is a possibility that this may in fact have been a production title, given to a performance of a series of tableaus, based on scenes from a published play by Adèle Jooste, called Hollander en Hugenoot (published in 1949).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1949: "Episodes uit Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning performed by Volksteater, Pretoria), 'n Voortrekker Troue produced by J.A.A.T.S.) and Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap produced by the Franschhoek Hugenote Teatergroep, i.e. "Franschoek Huguenot Theatre Group") - all as part of the celebrations around the inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument.

Sources

Marisa Keuris. 2013. "J.R.L. van Bruggen (Kleinjan) se eenbedryf “Bloedrivier” uit Bakens: Gedramatiseerde mylpale uit die Groot Trek (1938/1939) – ’n terugblik vanuit 2013", LitNet Akademies 10(3)[2]

Botha 1952:320.

"Program from the Inauguration of the Vootrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa", a transcription in Helen Keller Archive[3]

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