Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning
Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning ("Through struggle to victory") is a dramatic text in Afrikaans by Adèle Jooste (1914–2012).
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The original text
This work is mentioned in the "Official Programme[1] for the Inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument" Pretoria, December 13 to 16, 1949. The programme lists three scenes - at least two said to have been taken from this work by Jooste - performed by various amateur companies as historical tableaus in the Amphitheatre of the Voortrekker Monument in 1949. The pieces mentioned are: "Episodes uit Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning ("Episodes from Through Struggle to Victory"); 'n Voortrekker Troue ("A Voortrekker Marriage"), and Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap ("Arrival of the Huguenots at the Cape").
No published text can be found, and there is a possibility that this may in fact have been a production title, given to a performance of a series of tableaus, based on scenes from a published play by Adèle Jooste, called Hollander en Hugenoot (published in 1949).
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Performance history in South Africa
1949: Scenes from Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning performed in tableau form in the Amphitheatre as part of the commemoration of [[The Great Trek] and the inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument on the 15th of December. 'n Voortrekker Troue produced by J.A.A.T.S. at 11.30 a.m.; Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap produced by the Franschhoek Hugenote Teatergroep (i.e. "Franschoek Huguenot Theatre Group") at 2.00 p.m. and five scenes - Retief’s Journey to Dingaan, The 1880 Period, The scene of mourning Union, 1910 and The Present, 1949) - produced by Volksteater, Pretoria at 8.30 p.m.
Sources
Marisa Keuris. 2013. "J.R.L. van Bruggen (Kleinjan) se eenbedryf “Bloedrivier” uit Bakens: Gedramatiseerde mylpale uit die Groot Trek (1938/1939) – ’n terugblik vanuit 2013", LitNet Akademies 10(3)[2]
Botha 1952:320.
"Program from the Inauguration of the Vootrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa", a transcription in Helen Keller Archive[3]
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