Die Ongeluksvoël

Hans Huckebein is a German comedy in three acts by Oscar Blumenthal (1852-1917)[1] and Gustav Kadelburg (1851–1925)[2]

Also found as Die Dame aus Ostende

First performed in the Staatstheater Stuttgart in 1897 and on 15 May, 1898 in the Hoftheater, Weimar.

Translated into English as Number Nine, or The Lady of Ostend

Adapted and translated into Afrikaans as Die Ongeluksvoël ("The accident-prone person") by H.J.G. Gieseler. Published in Afrikaans by Nasionale Pers in 1930.

First performed in Johannesburg by the Sonop Afrikaner Kring, directed by Schalk Theron (1912-2015).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Kadelburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Blumenthal

Die Nuwe Brandwag. Tydskrif vir Kuns en Lettere. Jaargang 1930. J.H. de Bussy, Pretoria 1930 [3]

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