Veroordeel As U Kan!

Veroordeel As U Kan! ("Condemn if you can!") is the Afrikaans title of an unnamed Dutch play, said to be by a Jaap van der Pohl (or a Jaap van der Poel).

The original text

The title of, and any information about, the original and unnamed Dutch play, said to be by Jaap van der Pohl (or Jaap van der Poel), have not been found to date.

Translations and adaptations

The text was translated and adapted into Afrikaans by J.P. Pienaar, according to the script donated to the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives by Sas Maree in 1999. This is a typed and annotated prompt script, pasted in a accountant's journal, clearly suggesting a production of the Afrikaans version.

Performance history in South Africa

19**?: The prompt copy has a book stamp for Maynie Piek-Joubert of Kyora Studio in Montagu, which suggests the prompt book was used for a performance by the Montagu Drama Club, probably at the annual Montagu Muscadel Festival, of which Ms Piek-Joubert and her husband, P.J. Joubert, were a leading contributor.

Sources

Typed and annotated prompt copy of Veroordeel As U Kan!, donated to the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives by Sas Maree in 1999, found in the Department archives in 2022.

https://montagumuseum.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MuscadelFestivalStory.pdf

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