Ons Spreekuur
Ons Spreekuur (literally: "Our Talking Hour") was a literary society founded in Stellenbosch in 1895 to cultivate a love for Dutch literature and language. One of its activities was an annual concert at which plays were also performed. In 1916 Afrikaans was also admitted.
in 1919 they did a performance of De Hongaarsche Samenzwering ("The Hungarian Plot") by A.S.C. Wallis in Cape Town under the patronage of the ANV (Algemeen Nederlandsch Verbond).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 9, 34, 482
P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica
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