Laat die Kerse Brand!
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("Let the Candles Burn!") A one-act Afrikaans nativity play by Gerhard J. Beukes. A play with about a mother who hands over her child to the soldiers of Herod in order te rescue the child Christ.
First performed and published in the collection Laat die kerse brand; en ander eenbedrywe ("Let the Candles Burn! and other one-act plays") by J.L. van Schaik, 1945.
Also re-published in a range of play collections, including Kollig by Tafelberg; Vyfling by Nasboek; and in Viertal/Skemer en Masker/Kortgesprek ***.
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