Dolle Hans

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

Set in India, it is 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. Dolle Hans was written in 1916 and played to sold out theatres in Rotterdam, becoming one of Fabricius's most popular works. The text was first published in Den Haag by L.A. Dickhoff, Jr. in 1916.

It was performed in London in the 1930s,

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. (The theme did not make it a popular choice of play for the times in South Africa).

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