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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
His first play, it was  written during the early 1950s and first performed by the [[National Theatre Organization]] in 1959. The text was published in the collection ''[[Rooibruin Blare en Ander Eenakters]]'' by [[Afrikaanse Persboekhandel]] 1968 and in ''[[Losgoed]]'' by [[Perskor]] in 1974.
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A one act play dealing with a number of older people, waiting for a young boy. This was Smit's first play, written during the early 1950s and first performed by the [[National Theatre Organization]] in 1959 in a dou8ble-bill with ''[[Moeder Hanna]]''.  
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The text was published in the collection ''[[Rooibruin Blare en Ander Eenakters]]'' by [[Afrikaanse Persboekhandel]] 1968 and in ''[[Losgoed]]'' ("loose pieces", a collection of Smit's writings) by [[Perskor]] in 1974.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:18, 24 June 2020


Meisies van Vervloë Jare ("Girls of years gone by") is a one-act play by Bartho Smit (1924 - 1986).

Also found as Meisies van Vervloë Dae ("Girls of days gone by") in some sources.

The original text

A one act play dealing with a number of older people, waiting for a young boy. This was Smit's first play, written during the early 1950s and first performed by the National Theatre Organization in 1959 in a dou8ble-bill with Moeder Hanna.

The text was published in the collection Rooibruin Blare en Ander Eenakters by Afrikaanse Persboekhandel 1968 and in Losgoed ("loose pieces", a collection of Smit's writings) by Perskor in 1974.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1959: First produced as a double bill with Moeder Hanna by National Theatre Organisation in its NTO Kamertoneel, directed by Bartho Smit himself.

Sources

Lantern, 9(2):195. 1959.

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