Deur 'n Skrefie
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Deur ‘n Skrefie, Afrikaans translation and adaptation by Leonie Pienaar of The Starlight Express (1915), coauthored by Algenon Blackwood (1869-1951) and Violet Pearn; incidental music by Edward Elgar; based on Blackwood's 1913 novel A Prisoner in Fairyland.
Produced by Pienaar with students of the University of Cape Town Department of speech-training and dramatic art in the Little Theatre. Ballet students under the direction of Dulcie Howes also took part.
Sources
Trek 19 June 1942 p 20
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood
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