Het van Verlangekraal

Het van Verlangekraal is the title of a television series and a 2022 radio serial, both based on the novel of the same name by Johann Bekker (1918–1985)[].

See also the entry on the 1963 film adaptation Gee My Jou Hand

Het van Verlangekraal: The novel

It tells the tale "Het Heiberg", the daughter of a sharecropper, and her struggle to overcome her depressive lifestyle, and the role played in her recovery by her class teacher and his battle with the headmaster of the school.

Published by HAUM in 1960.

Het van Verlangekraal: The TV series

Adapted for TV by Leon van Nierop and filmed as Het van Verlangekraal by Jan Scholtz Films in 1983/1984, with Sally Campher as "Het".

Het van Verlangekraal: The radio serial

Adapted for radio by Leon van Nierop, the serial consisted of 40 episodes and was broadcast weekly at 14:45, from 28 April 2022 to 22 June 2022.

Sources

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het_van_Verlangekraal

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gee_My_Jou_Hand#cite_note-1

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