Difference between revisions of "Meisies van Vervloë Jare"
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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]]''. | 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 | + | The text was published in the collection ''[[Rooibruin Blare en Ander Eenakters]]'' by [[Afrikaanse Persboekhandel]] 1968 and in ''[[Losgoed]]'' ("loose effects, movable property, etc.", a collection of Smit's writings) by [[Perskor]] in 1974. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:20, 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.
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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 effects, movable property, etc.", 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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