How Table Mountain Got Its Cloud
How Table Mountain Got Its Cloud is the name of a legend about Van Hunks and the Devil, and the origins of cloud cover on Table, which has been appeared in various versions, and including dramatized versions.
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Original story
The original story was first written up by Ian D. Colvin (1877 - ) as one of the many stories he collected in the volume South Africa as part of the Romance of Empire series published by T.C.& E.C. Jack of London, 1910.
Dramatised versions
How Table Mountain Got Its Cloud A Legend of South Africa by Dorothy Black
(Possibly) broadcast by the BBC, directed by Howard Rose, National Programme Daventry, 28 January 1938 16.30. (Source: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/894575d9a32448d38b9b6d22f809fe7b)
How Table Mountain Got Its Cloud, a children's musical by Lara Bye and David Nissen
Directed by Lara Bye, with music by David Nissen, it was performed in the Nico Malan Theatre in September 1989.
(Sources: http://m24arg02.naspers.com/argief/berigte/dieburger/1989/09/22/10/6.html & http://m24arg02.naspers.com/argief/berigte/dieburger/1989/09/26/14/6.html)
