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''[[Jannie Kortbroek]]'' ("Johnny short pants") was a comedy by [[J P Acland Bischoff]]
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''[[Jannie Kortbroek]]'' ("Johnny short pants") is a South African satirical comedy by an unknown author.
  
==The original text==
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==Attributions==
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Attributed to [[Stephen Black]] by [[P.W. Laidler]] in his ''Annals of the Cape Stage'' (1926), a belief taken up by a number of sources (e.g. the ''[[Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa]]'', [[Thelma Gutsche]] and [[Jill Fletcher]]).
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However, [[Stephen Gray]] (1999, p.101), claims that the play was not by Black, but a work written ''in imitation'' of [[Stephen Black]]'s popular plays, and was misattributed to Black by [[P.W. Laidler]] in his ''Annals of the Cape Stage'' (1926).
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One source (''[[Eastern Province Herald]]'', June 7 1916) attributes the play to a [[J.P. Acland Bischoff]] (1874-1936).
  
[[Stephen Gray]] (1999, p.101) suggests that it was written in imitation of [[Stephen Black]]'s popular plays, even misattributed to Black by [[P.W. Laidler]] in his ''Annals of the Cape Stage'' (1926).
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[Eastern Province Herald]], June 7, 1916.
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''[[Eastern Province Herald]]'', June 7, 1916.
  
 
[[Stephen Gray]]. 1999. ''Free-lancers and Literary Biography in South Africa''. Rodopi, 1999: p.101.
 
[[Stephen Gray]]. 1999. ''Free-lancers and Literary Biography in South Africa''. Rodopi, 1999: p.101.
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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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Latest revision as of 06:31, 29 February 2020

Jannie Kortbroek ("Johnny short pants") is a South African satirical comedy by an unknown author.

Attributions

Attributed to Stephen Black by P.W. Laidler in his Annals of the Cape Stage (1926), a belief taken up by a number of sources (e.g. the Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa, Thelma Gutsche and Jill Fletcher).

However, Stephen Gray (1999, p.101), claims that the play was not by Black, but a work written in imitation of Stephen Black's popular plays, and was misattributed to Black by P.W. Laidler in his Annals of the Cape Stage (1926).

One source (Eastern Province Herald, June 7 1916) attributes the play to a J.P. Acland Bischoff (1874-1936).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1916: Staged at the Port Elizabeth Opera House from June 9-15.

Sources

Eastern Province Herald, June 7, 1916.

Stephen Gray. 1999. Free-lancers and Literary Biography in South Africa. Rodopi, 1999: p.101.

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