Tante Trui, Een Liefdesgeschiedenis

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Tante Trui, Een Liefdesgeschiedenis ("Aunt Trui, A history of love") is a popular Dutch one-act farce by an unknown author.

Also referred to simply as Tante Trui.

A popular name in Dutch, the Dutch (and Afrikaans) word "trui" actually means "jersey" or "pullover", though it is more likely that the name "Trui" is here used as an abbreviated form for the full name Gertruida.

The original text

Possibly based on the folksong Tante Trui en Tante Toosje

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed by Aurora II on 4 July

1869: Performed by Aurora II in the Wynberg Aided School, Wynberg, Cape Town in August, as an afterpiece to H.W. Teengs's locally written Dutch play Willem Nel.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 457-460.

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