By die Tande Dokter

By die Tande Dokter ("At the Dentist" - literally "the tooth doctor") is an Afrikaans one-act farce by Melt Brink. Also written Bij die Tande Dokter

First performed in 1905?*, published in 1905 by Hollandsch-Afrikaansche Uitgevers Maatschappy, and reprinted 1911, 1917, 1921.

Apparently performed and translated under a variety of titles by various societies over the years. E.g as Oom Piet met syn Tand Pyn by "Domkrag", published in De Koerier Beaufort West, 27 November 1910, as Tandpyn by the CJV Nooitgedacht-Suid in 1914, and In die stoel van die Tandarts tr. by "Ware Afrikaner".**

The play has also formed part of some versions of Robert Mohr's revue-compilation Ons Hou Konsert (1967) and the various later versions of it.

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