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''[[Die Spook van Verlatenfontein]]''("The Ghost of Verlatenfontein"[Verlatenfontein =  "deserted fountain"]) is an - Afrikaans stage thriller by [[F.W. Boonzaier]].  
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''[[Die Spook van Verlatenfontein]]'' ("The Ghost of Verlatenfontein") is an [[Afrikaans]] stage thriller by [[F.W. Boonzaier]] (1901-1963).  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 16:32, 10 July 2023

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

The original text

A full-length play, with music, it was first performed in 1927 and went on to be widely performed over the years.

Published by Nasionale Pers in 1933.


Translations and adaptations

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

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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