Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning
Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning ("Through struggle to victory") is a dramatic work in Afrikaans by Adèle Jooste (1914–2012).
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There is mention of a performance piece by Adèle Jooste called Deur Stryd tot Oorwinning ("Through Struggle to Victory") in the original programme[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").
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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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[2] 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).
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)[3]
Botha 1952:320.
"Program from the Inauguration of the Vootrekker Monument, Pretoria, South Africa", a transcription in Helen Keller Archive[4]
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