Mamma het Planne

Mamma het Planne ("Mother has plans") is an Afrikaans one-act comedy by Gerhard J. Beukes.

The original text

A play about parents desperately trying to get their daughter married.

Published in the anthology Kerse Teen die Wind: Tien Eenbedrywe by J.L. van Schaik (1950).

Also known as Die Nôientjie het Planne! ("The young girl has plans!") under which name it was performed by the Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging in the 1970’s.

Published under this name in the collection Die Nôientjie het Planne! Vier Ligte Eenakters (1969) and in 'n Lag en 'n Traan (1988), both by J.L. van Schaik.

Sources

J.C. Kannemeyer, Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse literatuur 2. Academica, Pretoria / Cape Town / Johannesburg 1983, p45[1]

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