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''[[Het Testament van Oom Jan]]'' ("The will of Uncle John") is a one act [[Dutch]] comedy by an anonymous author.  
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''[[Het Testament van Oom Jan]]'' ("The will of Uncle John") is a [[Dutch]] comedy in one act by Dandois Alexander ()[].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Published 1879, the title page describing the play as a "Blijspel met zang in één bedrijf zonder vrouwenrollen" (i.e. "a comedy in one act, with songs and without roles for women"). 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1892: Performed by the [[rederijkerskamer]] [[Oefening Baart Kunst]] in the [[President Theatre]], Pretoria in March.
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1892: Performed by the [[rederijkerskamer]] [[Oefening Baart Kunst]] in the [[President Theatre]], Pretoria in March (no author mentioned).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:24, 13 November 2020

Het Testament van Oom Jan ("The will of Uncle John") is a Dutch comedy in one act by Dandois Alexander ()[].

The original text

Published 1879, the title page describing the play as a "Blijspel met zang in één bedrijf zonder vrouwenrollen" (i.e. "a comedy in one act, with songs and without roles for women").

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1892: Performed by the rederijkerskamer Oefening Baart Kunst in the President Theatre, Pretoria in March (no author mentioned).

Sources

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.485.

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica.

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.

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