Maljan onder die Hoenders

Maljan onder die Hoenders ("Mad Jan among the chickens") is a Dutch-Afrikaans one-act farce by Melt Brink (1842–1925).

Also found as Mal-Jan onder die Hoenders

The original text

Published by J.H. de Bussy (Pretoria) and HAUM (Cape Town) in 1906, reprinted 1911, 1915, 1918, 1924.

Translations and adaptations

It was played as a replacement by director Johann Nel for the original Die Egskeiding in a production of Robert Mohr's text for Ons Hou Konsert.

Performances

1906(?): Performed as Mal-Jan onder die Hoenders by Aurora in Cape Town

1989: Performed as Maljan onder die Hoenders as part of Ons Hou Konsert as produced by Universiteitsteater Stellenboschin the H.B. Thom Theatre in May. It was played as a replacement for the original Die Egskeiding which Robert Mohr had used.

The original text

First performed by Aurora in 1905(?), it originally published as Bij die Tande-dokter by De Bussy (Pretoria) and HAUM (Cape Town) in 1905, and then reprinted in 1911, 1917, 1921. Also published as part of the compilation Ons Hou Konsert by Robert Mohr by DALRO in 1973.

Translations and adaptations

The play was apparently adapted, translated and/or performed, under a variety of titles by various societies over the years. E.g as Oom Piet met syn Tand Pyn by "Domkrag", published in De Koerier, Beaufort West, 27 November 1910; as Tandpyn by the CJV Nooitgedacht-Suid in 1914; and as In die Stoel van die Tandarts, translated into Afrikaans by "Ware Afrikaner".

The play has also formed part of some versions of Robert Mohr's revue-compilation Ons Hou Konsert (1967) and the various later versions of it.