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''[[Oktobernag]]'' ("October Night") is a one-act play by [[Gerhard J. Beukes]] (1913–1998).  
 
''[[Oktobernag]]'' ("October Night") is a one-act play by [[Gerhard J. Beukes]] (1913–1998).  
  
Not to be confused with the famous poem '''''Oktobermaand''''' (lit. "October month") by the [[Afrikaans]] poet and dramatist [[C. Louis Leipoldt]].
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''Not to be confused with the famous poem '''Oktobermaand'''(lit. "October month") by the [[Afrikaans]] poet and dramatist [[C. Louis Leipoldt]].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 07:42, 24 June 2023

Oktobernag ("October Night") is a one-act play by Gerhard J. Beukes (1913–1998).

Not to be confused with the famous poem Oktobermaand(lit. "October month") by the Afrikaans poet and dramatist C. Louis Leipoldt.

The original text

An Afrikaans one-act play about the 1914-Rebellion, it was first published in Laat die Kerse Brand! en Ander Eenbedrywe (1945), later also included in Kerse Teen die Wind: Tien Eenbedrywe (1950), and Viertal (1968), all published by J.L. van Schaik, ,

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1946: First performed by Volksteater, Pretoria.

Sources

Gerhard J. Beukes (1913–1998) by Erika Terblanche, in LitNet 2014-08-21

J.C. Kannemeyer, 1983. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur (Part 2) p. 44[1]

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