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''[[Piet Retief]]'' is a play by [[Gustav Preller]].  
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''[[Piet Retief]]'' is a tragedy by an unnamed author.
  
A play about the death of the Voortrekker leader at the hands of the Zulu king Dingane.
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==The original text==
  
First performed 19*, published 1906 by *.
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A play about the massacre of the [[Voortrekker]] leader Piet Retief (Retief, Pieter 1780-1838) and his men by the impis of the [[Zulu]] king Dingane at Mgungundlovu in Natal on 6 February 1838.  
  
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[[Gustav Preller]] (1875–1943) wrote a romanticised [[Afrikaans]] biography of Piet Retief (published in 1906), which was the basis of a number of subsequent stage works. From a Zulu perspective, [[Credo Muthwa]]'s publication ''[[Indaba, My Children]]'' is important. .
  
==The original text==
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The Possibly first performed 1903(?), published 1906 by *.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
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http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0018-229X2011000200007
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.480
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.480

Revision as of 06:01, 11 January 2021

Piet Retief is a tragedy by an unnamed author.

The original text

A play about the massacre of the Voortrekker leader Piet Retief (Retief, Pieter 1780-1838) and his men by the impis of the Zulu king Dingane at Mgungundlovu in Natal on 6 February 1838.

Gustav Preller (1875–1943) wrote a romanticised Afrikaans biography of Piet Retief (published in 1906), which was the basis of a number of subsequent stage works. From a Zulu perspective, Credo Muthwa's publication Indaba, My Children is important. .

The Possibly first performed 1903(?), published 1906 by *.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1904: A piece called Piet Retief (by an unnamed author) was performed by the Muziek-en Debatsvereeniging in the Gymnasiumzaal, Paarl, on 27 May, accompanied by two oral recitals, two solo songs and two choir pieces.

Sources

http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0018-229X2011000200007

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.480

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