De Wet Laubscher

De Wet Laubscher was an Afrikaans playwright and editor.

Biography

Afrikaanse konsertbundel

by Maxie de Villiers; De Wet Laubscher; R H Collins

Print book

Publisher: Pretoria; Kaapstad : HAUM, 1931.

Dagbreek serie nuwe Afrikaanse leesboeke : voorloper

by Maxie De Villiers; De Wet Laubscher; W A Joubert; S P E Boshoff

Print book

Language: Afrikaans

Publisher: Kaapstad : HAUM ; Pretoria : De Bussy, 1936-8.

New sunny south readers : standard 1

by W A Joubert; De Wet Laubscher; M N Ritter

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Language: English

Publisher: Cape Town : Maskew Miller Longman, 1984.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He wrote a handbook on theatre for amateurs and schools called Die toneel : 'n handleiding vir amateurs en skole, published in Cape Town by H.A.U.M. in 1962.

Many of his plays were written for children and young people, and include:

Die Uilkoning (The king of the owls", Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1930), Vooraand Dingaansdag ("Eve of Dingane's Day", Cape Town: H.A.U.M. & Pretoria: De Bussy, 1936).Droomfantasie ("Dream fantasy", DALRO, 1969), Die Haan ("The Rooster", DALRO, 1969); Humtidello (a musical play for children, Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1931.), Kaskenades van Jakkals ("pranks of [the] jackal", a comedy for children, Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1934),

He also wrote some pantomimes, among them:

Ali Baba and Aladdin (both published in Johannesburg by DALRO, 1969), .

He also collaborated with Maxie de Villiers and others on a number of works, among which

Liefde en Plig (a play in four acts for 15 men and 2 women, and a number of figurants - written with Jan F.E. Celliers and Martie de Villiers - Cape Town: H.A.U.M., 1920-1936);

'n See-idille ("a sea idyll", an operetta for children - with Maxie de Villiers. Johannesburg : DALRO, 1971

Die Sirkus/The Circus ( A bilingual children's play in Afrikaans and English- with Maxie de Villiers. Cape Town: Maskew Miller, [1936])