Drakenstein, My Drakenstein!
Drakenstein, My Drakenstein!, subtitled "'n klug in drie tragiese bedrywe" ("a farce in three tragic acts"), is a play by M.M. Walters (1929-2020).
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Written in celebration of the centenary of the Franschhoek municipality, the farce dramatises the supposed discovery of oil in the Drakenstein-valley by the state-run enterprise Soekom ("search for it"), and uses this plot to satirise human weaknesses such as vanity, selfishness, avarice, and the like.
Performed in
Published by Perskor in 1982.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86093899/
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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