Eerste April
There appear to have been two Afrikaans plays using the title Eerste April ("First April").
Eerste April by Stella Blakemore (1932)
is an original one-act play for children by Stella Blakemore (1906-1991).
The original text
Published by J.L. van Schaik circa 1935(?), reprinted 1950(?).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.worldcat.org/title/41221487
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Eerste April ("April the first") by A.M. Nel
The original text
An extremely short play (of 8 pages) in two acts about pranks gone wrong, written for young people and set in a schoolroom.
First published in the collection Woord en Daad ("word and deed", A.P.B., 1952) and then in Klein Begin in die Drama (edited by J.B. Spies, De Jager-HAUM, 1976).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
J.B. Spies. 1976. Klein Begin in die Drama. De Jager-HAUM.
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