Die Dieper Reg

Die Dieper Reg ("the deeper right") is a 1938 Afrikaans allegorical play, written by N.P. van Wyk Louw for the Centenary of the Great Trek [1] (1830's-40's).

First published by Nasionale Pers Boekhandel in 1939, and also published by Tafelberg Publishers.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1938: Commissioned and first performed by Volksteater in the Pretoria City Hall on 9 September 1938.

1941: Brilliantly repeated in conjunction with and the University of Pretoria and again directed by Anna Neethling-Pohl on 12 September 1941 in the same venue. Ludwig Binge (1969) refers to this production as the most important production of an original Afrikaans play up to 1950.

1951: Staged by the Speech department at the University of Stellenbosch in the Conservatoire of Music in October 1951, directed by Marguerite de Villiers, with Johann Degenaar [2], Chris Lombard, Jan Taljaard, Maré Geldenhuys, Juanita Deetlefs and Gerhard Kemp. Decor by Chris Lombard and Jannie Gildenhuys and lighting by Dirk Coetzee.

1964: Presented by Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch.

1968: Performed by PACOFS under the direction of Margaretha Spies en Sophie Coetzee in the amphitheatre of the the Voortrekker monument in Winburg on 10 October.