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''Zaken zijn Zaken'' ("Business is Business"). A popular Dutch version of ''[[Les Affaires sont les Affaires]]'' (1903), by Octave Mirbeau, a French satire about the big businessman who is a slave to his wealth. The first play  which [[Paul de Groot]] produced and performed in South Africa (Cape Town, 1924). In 1928 the [[Paul de Groot Toneelgeselskap|Paul de Groot Teatergeselskap]] produced a successful Afrikaans version of it under the title ''[[Besigheid is Besigheid]]'' (1928) and he repeated it in 1931 with a new company. (See Binge, 1969)
  
 
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Revision as of 16:11, 5 March 2014

Les Affaires sont les Affaires (1903), by French playwright Octave Mirbeau.

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Performance history in South Africa

Translations and adaptations

Zaken zijn Zaken ("Business is Business"). A popular Dutch version of Les Affaires sont les Affaires (1903), by Octave Mirbeau, a French satire about the big businessman who is a slave to his wealth. The first play which Paul de Groot produced and performed in South Africa (Cape Town, 1924). In 1928 the Paul de Groot Teatergeselskap produced a successful Afrikaans version of it under the title Besigheid is Besigheid (1928) and he repeated it in 1931 with a new company. (See Binge, 1969)

Sources

Nel, 1972 Go to ESAT Bibliography

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