Oktobernag
Oktobernag ("October Night") is a one-act play by Gerhard J. Beukes (1913–1998).
Not to be confused with the famous poem Oktobermaand(lit. "October month") by the Afrikaans poet and dramatist C. Louis Leipoldt.
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The original text
An Afrikaans one-act play about the 1914-Rebellion, it was first published in Laat die Kerse Brand! en Ander Eenbedrywe (1945), later also included in Kerse Teen die Wind: Tien Eenbedrywe (1950), and Viertal (1968), all published by J.L. van Schaik, ,
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1946: First performed by Volksteater, Pretoria.
Sources
Gerhard J. Beukes (1913–1998) by Erika Terblanche, in LitNet 2014-08-21
J.C. Kannemeyer, 1983. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur (Part 2) p. 44[1]
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