Dolle Hans

Dolle Hans ("mad Hans") is described as am "indo-drama in drie bedrijven" by Jan Fabricius (1871-1964)[1].

Set in India, Dolle Hans was written in 1916 and played to sold out theatres in Rotterdam. It was equally popular in London in the 1930s, and became one of Fabricius's most popular works. First published in Den Haag by L.A. Dickhoff, Jr. in 1916.

Translated into Afrikaans as Mal Hans ("mad Hans") by André Huguenet

Directed in 1931 by Huguenet in his first solo production, with himself and Rena la Roche in the leads, and under the patronage of Lord Clarendon, the governor-general of South Africa. A play about racial tensions in the Dutch army in the east and the relationship between a noble Indian/Dutch half-caste and a white woman. Not a popular choice of play for the times in South Africa.

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