Die Stoplap

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Die Stoplap is a comedy in four acts, by Walter Spiethoff (1874-1953).

Original text

Originally written in German.

Translations and adaptations

Translated from Spiethoff's original German into Afrikaans as Die Stoplap ("the stop-gap") by Otto Grosskopf. Published in Cape Town by the German Bookshop (the German version?). A privately published Afrikaans text is also held by the J.S. Gericke Library at the University of Stellenbosch.

Performance history in South Africa

1932: Performed by the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society, directed by P.P.B. Breytenbach with J.H. van Dyk, J. Vogel, John Watterson.

Sources

Stellenbosch University Library catalogue.

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