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 mentioned in the "Official Programme[1] for the Inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument" Pretoria, December 13 to 16, 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: Scenes from Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning performed in tableau form in the Amphitheatre as part of the commemoration of The Great Trek and the inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument on the 15th of December. 'n Voortrekker Troue produced by J.A.A.T.S. at 11.30 a.m.; Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap produced by the Franschhoek Hugenote Teatergroep (i.e. "Franschoek Huguenot Theatre Group") at 2.00 p.m. and five scenes - Retief se Reis na Dingaan (Retief’s Journey to Dingaan), Die 1880 Tydperk (The 1880 Period), Die Routoneel (The Scene of Mourning), Unie, 1910 (Union, 1910) and Die Huidige, 1949 (The Present, 1949) - produced by Volksteater, Pretoria at 8.30 p.m.

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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