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''[[Japie's Courtship]]'' is a one act play by an author with the ''nom-de-plume'' of "[[Mowbray-Kloof]]".  
 
''[[Japie's Courtship]]'' is a one act play by an author with the ''nom-de-plume'' of "[[Mowbray-Kloof]]".  
  
According to the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), this was "a weak and attenuated variation of [[Stephen Black|Mr Black]]'s ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]''".   
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The pseudonym, a combination of the names of two Cape Town suburbs, suggests a local author, According to the critic [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), this was "a weak and attenuated variation of [[Stephen Black|Mr Black]]'s ''[[Love and the Hyphen]]''".   
  
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Though Boonzaier's comments seem to refer to a full-length play, the suggestion that it was a one-act play comes from the theatre historian [[Gosher]] (1988).
  
1911: Produced in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town,  by an unnamed company, failing totally.
 
  
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1911: Produced in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town,  by an unnamed company, failing totally.
 
 
 
 
[[Gosher]], 1988)
 
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 04:57, 15 May 2020

Japie's Courtship is a one act play by an author with the nom-de-plume of "Mowbray-Kloof".

The pseudonym, a combination of the names of two Cape Town suburbs, suggests a local author, According to the critic D.C. Boonzaier (1923), this was "a weak and attenuated variation of Mr Black's Love and the Hyphen".

Though Boonzaier's comments seem to refer to a full-length play, the suggestion that it was a one-act play comes from the theatre historian Gosher (1988).


1911: Produced in the Opera House, Cape Town, by an unnamed company, failing totally.