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A full-length play, with music, it was first performed in 1927 and published in 1933. Considered the first Afrikaans stage thriller, it was very popular and went on to be widely performed over the years.  
 
A full-length play, with music, it was first performed in 1927 and published in 1933. Considered the first Afrikaans stage thriller, it was very popular and went on to be widely performed over the years.  
  
The text published by [[Nasionale Pers]] in  1933.
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The text published by [[Nasionale Pers]] in  1933, 1937 and 1946.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 16:53, 10 July 2023

Die Spook van Verlatenfontein ("The Ghost of Verlatenfontein") is an Afrikaans comic stage thriller by F.W. Boonzaier (1901-1963).

The original text

A comic thriller about the hunt to find and get rid of a ghost active on the farm Verlatenfontein ("deserted fountain"). Not only the original owner, but a number of his subsequent renters, have been driven away so far by the activities of the ghost.

A full-length play, with music, it was first performed in 1927 and published in 1933. Considered the first Afrikaans stage thriller, it was very popular and went on to be widely performed over the years.

The text published by Nasionale Pers in 1933, 1937 and 1946.

Translations and adaptations

The text was adapted for a more modern setting in the 1990s by the director Danie Botha, with music and lyrics by Francois Bloemhof. This version also went on to have several performances.

Performance history in South Africa

1927: Performed by the CJV of Observatory, Cape Town.

1938: Produced by the Krugersdorp Municipal Dramatic and Operatic Society as part of the society's Voortrekker Festival programme.

Sources

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Boonzaier

https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABoonzaier%2C+Fritz+Wilhelm.&qt=hot_author

Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the F.C.L. Bosman collection held at the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) in Bloemfontein.


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