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An [[Afrikaans]] comedy about misunderstandings and rivalries at a wedding.  
 
An [[Afrikaans]] comedy about misunderstandings and rivalries at a wedding.  
  
First published in the collection ''[[Die Ring en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' by [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]] and [[Andries de Klerk]] (Cape Town: [[Nasionale Pers]]) in  1944. Also published later in ''[[Kom ons speel toneel]]'' by [[Gerhard Beukes]] (Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]).
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First published in the collection ''[[Die Ring en Ander Eenbedrywe]]'' by [[Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk]] and [[Andries de Klerk]] (Cape Town: [[Nasionale Pers]]) in  1944 and 1947. Also published later in ''[[Kom ons speel toneel]]'' by [[Gerhard Beukes]] (Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]).
  
 
==Performances==
 
==Performances==

Revision as of 20:54, 2 March 2022

Die Ring (“The Ring”) is a one-act play by Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk and Andries de Klerk.

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An Afrikaans comedy about misunderstandings and rivalries at a wedding.

First published in the collection Die Ring en Ander Eenbedrywe by Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk and Andries de Klerk (Cape Town: Nasionale Pers) in 1944 and 1947. Also published later in Kom ons speel toneel by Gerhard Beukes (Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik).

Performances

1944: First performed by K.A.T. with Heleen de Klerk (Hélène Pienaar-De Klerk?) and Bertie van der Merwe in March 1944 in the Hofmeyr Hall, Cape Town.

1945: Produced for the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society by Anna Neethling-Pohl as their entry in the 1945 FATSSA Play Festival.

1970s: Performed by the Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging in the 1970s.


Sources

Trek, 8(22):15 1944.

Trek, 10(8):23 1945.

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