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''[[Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning]]'' ("Through struggle to victory") is a dramatic work in [[Afrikaans]] by [[Adèle Jooste]] (1914–2012).  
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''[[Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning]]'' ("[[Through struggle to victory]]") is a dramatic text in [[Afrikaans]] by [[Adèle Jooste]] (1914–2012).  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
There is also mention of a performance piece by [[Adèle Jooste]] called ''[[Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning]]'' ("''[[Through Struggle to Victory]]''") in the original programme[https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=p&p=helenkellerdocumentdisplay&d=A-HK01-02-B040-F05-003&e=-------en-20--1--txt--------2-1-2-undefined-2--------------0-1]  for the opening ceremony for the [[Voortrekker Monument]] in Pretoria in 1949. The programme lists three scenes from the work which were apparently performed  by various amateur companies as historical tableaus in the [[Amphitheatre]] of the [[Voortrekker Monument]]: "''[[Episodes uit Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning]]'' ("''[[Episodes from Through Struggle to Victory]]''", performed by [[Volksteater]], Pretoria);  ''[['n Voortrekker Troue]]'' ("''[[A Voortrekker Marriage]]''", produced  by [[J.A.A.T.S.]]) and ''[[Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap]]'' ("''[[Arrival of the Huguenots at the Cape]]''", produced by the [[Franschhoek Hugenote Teatergroep]], i.e. "[[Franschoek Huguenot Theatre Group]]").
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This work is mentioned in the "Official Programme[https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=p&p=helenkellerdocumentdisplay&d=A-HK01-02-B040-F05-003&e=-------en-20--1--txt--------2-1-2-undefined-2--------------0-1]  for the ''[[Inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument Pretoria, December 13 to 16, 1949]]''. The programme lists seven scenes - said to have been taken from this work by [[Adèle Jooste]] - performed  by various amateur companies as historical tableaus in the [[Amphitheatre]] of the [[Voortrekker Monument]] in 1949. The pieces mentioned are: ''[['n Voortrekker Troue]]'' ("''[[A Voortrekker Marriage]]''"), and ''[[Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap]]'' ("''[[Arrival of the Huguenots at the Cape]]''"), ''[[Retief se Tog na Dingaan]]'' (''[[Retief’s Journey to Dingaan]]''), ''[[Die 1880-periode]]'' (''[[The 1880 Period]]''), ''[[Die Routoneel, 1901]]'' (''[[The Scene of Mourning, 1901]]''), ''[[Unie, 1910]]'' (''[[Union, 1910]]'') and ''[[ Die Hede, 1949]]'' (''[[The Present, 1949]]'').
 
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No published text can be found, and there is a possibility that this '''may''' in fact have been a production title, given to a performance of a series of tableaus, based on scenes from a '''published''' play  by [[Adèle Jooste]], called ''[[Hollander en Hugenoot]]'' (published in 1949).
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No published version of the text can be found, and there is a possibility that this '''may''' in fact have been a production title, given to a performance of a series of tableaus, based on scenes from a '''published''' play  by [[Adèle Jooste]], called ''[[Hollander en Hugenoot]]'' (published in 1949).
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1949: A work (a series of tableaus?) billed as "Episodes uit ''[[Deur stryd tot oorwinning]]'' van Adèle Jooste" were performed by [[Volksteater]], Pretoria as part of the celebrations around the inauguration of the [[Voortrekker Monument]]. The original programme[https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=p&p=helenkellerdocumentdisplay&d=A-HK01-02-B040-F05-003&e=-------en-20--1--txt--------2-1-2-undefined-2--------------0-1] for the event however also lists two other "historical tableaus" by [[Adele Jooste]] - ''[['n Voortrekker Troue]]'' ("''[[A Voortrekker marriage]]''", produced in the [[Amphitheatre]] by [[J.A.A.T.S.]] and  ''[[Die Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap]]'' ("''[[The Arrival of the Huguenots at the Cape]]''"), the latter taken from the author's own ''[[Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning]]'' and produced by the [[Franschhoek Hugenote Teatergroep]] ([[Franschoek Huguenot Theatre Group]]).
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1949: Scenes from ''[[Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning]]'' performed in tableau form in the [[Amphitheatre]] as part of the commemoration of [[The Great Trek]] and the inauguration of the [[Voortrekker Monument]] on the 15th of December. ''[['n Voortrekker Troue]]'' produced  by [[J.A.A.T.S.]] at 11.30 a.m.; ''[[Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap]]'' produced by the [[Franschhoek Hugenote Teatergroep]] (i.e. "[[Franschoek Huguenot Theatre Group]]") at 2.00 p.m. and five scenes - ''[[Retief se Tog na Dingaan]]'' (''[[Retief’s Journey to Dingaan]]''), ''[[Die 1880-periode]]'' (''[[The 1880 Period]]''), ''[[Die Routoneel, 1901]]'' (''[[The Scene of Mourning, 1901]]''), ''[[Unie, 1910]]'' (''[[Union, 1910]]'') and ''[[ Die Hede, 1949]]'' (''[[The Present, 1949]]'') -  produced by [[Volksteater]], Pretoria at 8.30 p.m.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 05:45, 10 July 2019

Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning ("Through struggle to victory") is a dramatic text in Afrikaans by Adèle Jooste (1914–2012).

The original text

This work is mentioned in the "Official Programme[1] for the Inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument Pretoria, December 13 to 16, 1949. The programme lists seven scenes - said to have been taken from this work by Adèle Jooste - performed by various amateur companies as historical tableaus in the Amphitheatre of the Voortrekker Monument in 1949. The pieces mentioned are: 'n Voortrekker Troue ("A Voortrekker Marriage"), and Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap ("Arrival of the Huguenots at the Cape"), Retief se Tog na Dingaan (Retief’s Journey to Dingaan), Die 1880-periode (The 1880 Period), Die Routoneel, 1901 (The Scene of Mourning, 1901), Unie, 1910 (Union, 1910) and Die Hede, 1949 (The Present, 1949).

No published version of the text can be found, and there is a possibility that this may in fact have been a production title, given to a performance of a series of tableaus, based on scenes from a published play by Adèle Jooste, called Hollander en Hugenoot (published in 1949).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1949: Scenes from Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning performed in tableau form in the Amphitheatre as part of the commemoration of The Great Trek and the inauguration of the Voortrekker Monument on the 15th of December. 'n Voortrekker Troue produced by J.A.A.T.S. at 11.30 a.m.; Aankoms van die Hugenote aan die Kaap produced by the Franschhoek Hugenote Teatergroep (i.e. "Franschoek Huguenot Theatre Group") at 2.00 p.m. and five scenes - Retief se Tog na Dingaan (Retief’s Journey to Dingaan), Die 1880-periode (The 1880 Period), Die Routoneel, 1901 (The Scene of Mourning, 1901), Unie, 1910 (Union, 1910) and Die Hede, 1949 (The Present, 1949) - produced by Volksteater, Pretoria at 8.30 p.m.

Sources

Marisa Keuris. 2013. "J.R.L. van Bruggen (Kleinjan) se eenbedryf “Bloedrivier” uit Bakens: Gedramatiseerde mylpale uit die Groot Trek (1938/1939) – ’n terugblik vanuit 2013", LitNet Akademies 10(3)[2]

Botha 1952:320.

"Program from the Inauguration of the Vootrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa", a transcription in Helen Keller Archive[3]

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