Dagboek van 'n Soldaat
Dagboek van 'n Soldaat ("Diary of a Soldier") is a radio drama by N.P. van Wyk Louw (1906-1970).
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The original text
Using the diary of Gerardo, a young soldier, as format, the radio play tells of the travails of a Liberation Army, made up of young idealists, who are trying to liberate an island nation by planning an uprising against the dictator, in the face of the numbing incomprehension of the populace.
The play was written as a commissioned work for the SABC.
Published as a solo text by Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel in 1961, and included in Drie Hoorspele ("three radio dramas") by N.P. van Wyk Louw, with an introduction by Roy Pheiffer. Published by Perskor in 1982 and 1986.
Translations and adaptations
Broadcast history in South Africa
1961: First broadcast on 4 August by the SABC Afrikaans Service.
Sources
https://www.litnet.co.za/np-van-wyk-louw-1906-1970/
N.P. van Wyk Louw. 1961. Dagboek van 'n Soldaat, Johannesburg: Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel.
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