Die Ou Vrou en die Dood
Die Ou Vrou en die Dood ("the old woman and death") is a monolgue for radio by Henriette Grové (1922–2009).
The original text
A radio play about a number of factory workers who are on their way home per bus, who try to escape from their mundane in an industrialised environment, by dreaming of alternative possibilities of money, grand motor cars, holidays in fabulous destinations and so on.
Published in the collcetion Halte 49 en Twee Monoloë by NB Uitgewers in 1962.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
J.C. Kannemeyer. 1983. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur 2: Cape Town: Tafelberg, p.324[1]
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