Mamma het Planne

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Mamma het Planne ("Mother has plans") is an Afrikaans one-act comedy by Gerhard J. Beukes.

Later known as Die Nôientjie het Planne! ("The young girl has plans!").

The original text

A play about parents desperately trying to get their daughter married.

Published in the anthology Kerse Teen die Wind: Tien Eenbedrywe by J.L. van Schaik (1950).

Translations and adaptations

Reworked as Die Nôientjie het Planne! (This title also found spelled wrongly as either as Die Noîentjie Het Planne! or Die Nooientjie Het Planne! in some sources.)

Published under this title in the collection Die Nôientjie het Planne! Vier Ligte Eenakters (1969) and in 'n Lag en 'n Traan (1988), both by J.L. van Schaik.

Performance history in South Africa

1970s: Performed as as Die Nôientjie het Planne! by the Ceres Amateur Toneelvereniging.

Sources

J.C. Kannemeyer, Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse literatuur 2. Academica, Pretoria / Cape Town / Johannesburg 1983, p45[1]

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