Bakens: Gedramatiseerde mylpale uit die Groot Trek

by J.R.L. van Bruggen. A collection of Afrikaans one-act documentary plays, aimed at commemorating the Great Trek of 1839. The collection contains thirteen one-act plays: (1) Bethelsdorp; (2) Die weduwee van Lange Kloof ("The widow of the Lange Kloof"), (3) Slagtersnek (act one), (4) Slagtersnek (act two), (5) Liebenbergskop, (6) Die laaste aand ("The last evening"), (7) Retief by Vetrivier, (8) Retief in Port Natal, (9) Retief en Dingaan (act one); (10) Retief en Dingaan(act two); (11) Die moord by Bloukrans ("The murder at Bloukrans"); (12) Moeilike tye ("Difficult times"); and (13) Bloedrivier ("Blood River").

Published in Johannesburg in 1938/9 by A.P.B. Some of the plays were produced in 1938.

Sources

Marisa Keuris 2013. LitNet Akademies 10(3)

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