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(1 March 1878– 10 June 1929) Andries Gerhardus Visser  was a well-known early Afrikaans poet and occasional playwright. He was popularly known as the "Singer of the Suikerbosrand".
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(1 March 1878– 10 June 1929) Andries Gerhardus Visser  was a well-known early Afrikaans poet and occasional playwright. He was popularly known as the "Sanger van die Suikerbosrand" ("Singer of the Suikerbosrand").
 
 
For more on his life and poetry, see Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.G._Visser
 
  
  
 
== Visser as playwright ==
 
== Visser as playwright ==
  
Under the pseudonym '''[[AV]]''' he wrote the sketch  ''[['n Saak het twé kante]]'' while a student at the [[Hugenote Gedenkschool]] in Paarl. (c.a. late 1890s). It was performed as ''[[My nooi se naam is Sarie Takhaar]]'' ("My girlfriend's name is Sarie Backvelder") by the [[Christelike Jongeliedenvereniging|C.J.V Warmwater]] in 1907 in Paarl.  *
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Under the pseudonym '''[[AV]]''' he wrote the sketch  ''[['n Saak het twé kante]]'' ("A case has two sides") while a student at the [[Hugenote Gedenkschool]] in Paarl. (c.a. late 1890s). It was performed as ''[[My nooi se naam is Sarie Takhaar]]'' (Lit meaning "My girlfriend's name is Sarie Backvelder") by the [[Christelike Jongeliedenvereniging|C.J.V Warmwater]] in 1907 in Paarl.  *
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.G._Visser
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

Revision as of 18:20, 1 August 2013

(1 March 1878– 10 June 1929) Andries Gerhardus Visser was a well-known early Afrikaans poet and occasional playwright. He was popularly known as the "Sanger van die Suikerbosrand" ("Singer of the Suikerbosrand").


Visser as playwright

Under the pseudonym AV he wrote the sketch 'n Saak het twé kante ("A case has two sides") while a student at the Hugenote Gedenkschool in Paarl. (c.a. late 1890s). It was performed as My nooi se naam is Sarie Takhaar (Lit meaning "My girlfriend's name is Sarie Backvelder") by the C.J.V Warmwater in 1907 in Paarl. *

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.G._Visser

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