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''[[Kan Jy die Maan en die Sterre Hoor?]]'' ("Can you hear the moon and the stars?") is a play celebrating the [[Bushmen]] in South Africa.  
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''[[Kan Jy die Maan en die Sterre Hoor?]]'' ("Can you hear the moon and the stars?") is an [[Afrikaans]] play by [[Hennie Aucamp]] ().  
  
 
Title also written '''''[[Kan jy die maan en die sterre hoor?]]''''' in [[Afrikaans]].
 
Title also written '''''[[Kan jy die maan en die sterre hoor?]]''''' in [[Afrikaans]].
  
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==The original text==
  
 
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The text, collated and written by [[Hennie Aucamp]] in 2002, celebrates the life and value systems of the [[Bushman]] people (aka [[San]]) and is based on the writings of a a number of [[Afrikaans]] writers, celebrating the [[Bushmen]] in South Africa. The authors included by Aucamp are the literary figures [[G.R. von Wielligh]], [[Eugène Marais]], [[P.J. Schoeman]], [[Uys Krige]] and [[Antjie Krog]] and the anthropologist [[Coral Fourie]]. Music composed by [[Peter Louis van Dijk]]
==The original text==
 
  
 
The play does not seem to have been published. A copy of the typed text is held in the archives of the Drama Department at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
 
The play does not seem to have been published. A copy of the typed text is held in the archives of the Drama Department at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[[Anon]]. Undated. ''[[Kan Engele Sien?]]'']]''. A photocopy of a computer printout of the text, held in the archives of the Drama Department at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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[[Hennie Aucamp]]. 2002. ''[[Kan Jy die Maan en die Sterre Hoor?]]''. A copy of the text, held in the archives of the Drama Department at the [[University of Stellenbosch]].
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:51, 20 July 2022

Kan Jy die Maan en die Sterre Hoor? ("Can you hear the moon and the stars?") is an Afrikaans play by Hennie Aucamp ().

Title also written Kan jy die maan en die sterre hoor? in Afrikaans.

The original text

The text, collated and written by Hennie Aucamp in 2002, celebrates the life and value systems of the Bushman people (aka San) and is based on the writings of a a number of Afrikaans writers, celebrating the Bushmen in South Africa. The authors included by Aucamp are the literary figures G.R. von Wielligh, Eugène Marais, P.J. Schoeman, Uys Krige and Antjie Krog and the anthropologist Coral Fourie. Music composed by Peter Louis van Dijk

The play does not seem to have been published. A copy of the typed text is held in the archives of the Drama Department at the University of Stellenbosch.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Hennie Aucamp. 2002. Kan Jy die Maan en die Sterre Hoor?. A copy of the text, held in the archives of the Drama Department at the University of Stellenbosch.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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