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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Apparently based on a poem by a P.J Kikkert, it was first performed by [[Aurora|Aurora II]] in 1871 and published in [[Kaaps-Hollands]] ("[[Cape-Dutch]]") in 1905. In 1915 it was re-issed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Weddenskap]]''
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Apparently based on a poem by a P.J Kikkert, it was written for [[Aurora|Aurora II]] and first performed in 1871. The original text was published in [[Kaaps-Hollands]] ("[[Cape-Dutch]]") in 1905 and then re-issed in [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Weddenskap]]'' in 1915.
  
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
== Translations and adaptations ==

Revision as of 05:59, 16 July 2021

De Weddenschap ("The Bet") is a one-act farce in Cape Dutch (Dutch-Afrikaans) by Melt J. Brink (1842–1925).

Also known as Die Weddenskap after 1915.

The original text

Apparently based on a poem by a P.J Kikkert, it was written for Aurora II and first performed in 1871. The original text was published in Kaaps-Hollands ("Cape-Dutch") in 1905 and then re-issed in Afrikaans as Die Weddenskap in 1915.

Translations and adaptations

The play was used as one of the texts in the compilation Ons Hou Konsert II by Robert Mohr (1983).

Performances

1871: First performed in Dutch by Aurora II on 4 May, with Misdaad en Wroeging (Meys)

1905?: Possibly performed by Aurora in Cape Town.

1983: Performed as part of Ons Hou Konsert II (Melt Brink/Robert Mohr) by CAPAB in Cape Town.

Sources

http://www.litnet.co.za/melt-j-brink-1842-1925/

Ons Hou Konsert II, theatre programme 1983.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.459, 466, 468

P.J. du Toit, 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica

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