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''The Spanish Fly'' (''Die spanische Fliege'', 1913) by German playwrights Franz Arnold (1878-1960) and Ernst Bach (1876-1929). * A farce about ** Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Die Spaanse Vlieg]]'' by [[Con de Villiers]] and performed by the [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]] on 8 August 1939, directed by [[Bernabie van Alphen]] ([[Leonie Pienaar]] according to [[ESAT Bibliography Ndl-Nic|Nel, 1972]]).
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''The Spanish Fly'' (''Die spanische Fliege'', 1913) by German playwrights Franz Arnold (1878-1960) and Ernst Bach (1876-1929). * A farce about what happens when the male committee-members of a small town purity league are supposedly faced, twenty years later, with the consequences of their youthful indiscretions committed in respect of a cabaret dancer known as the Spanish Fly.
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[Die Spaanse Vlieg]]'' by [[Con de Villiers]] and performed by the [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]] on 8 August 1939, directed by [[Bernabie van Alphen]] ([[Leonie Pienaar]] according to [[ESAT Bibliography Ndl-Nic|Nel, 1972]]).
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''Die Spaanse Vlieg'' an Afrikaans translation from German by C. Celliers. Presented at the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg by [[JAATS]], 1945. Members of the cast were [[Rheynardt Smit]], [[Johan de Smidt]], [[Dirk de Villiers]], [[Frederik van Dyk]], [[Hendrik Oberholzer]], [[Pixie Perold]], [[Zanne Cloete]], [[Francis Coertze]].
  
''Die Spaanse Vlieg'' an Afrikaans translation from German by C. Celliers. Presented at the [[Library Theatre]], Johannesburg by [[JAATS]], 1945.  The play is all about what happens when the male committee-members of a small town purity league are supposedly faced, twenty years later, with the consequences of their youthful indiscretions committed in respect of a cabaret dancer known as the Spanish Fly.  [[Rheynardt Smit]], [[Johan de Smidt]], [[Dirk de Villiers]], [[Frederik van Dyk]], [[Hendrik Oberholzer]], [[Pixie Perold]], [[Zanne Cloete]], [[Francis Coertze]].
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
''South African Opinion'', 2(8):23, 1945.
 
''South African Opinion'', 2(8):23, 1945.
  
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Revision as of 19:26, 13 February 2014

The Spanish Fly (Die spanische Fliege, 1913) by German playwrights Franz Arnold (1878-1960) and Ernst Bach (1876-1929). * A farce about what happens when the male committee-members of a small town purity league are supposedly faced, twenty years later, with the consequences of their youthful indiscretions committed in respect of a cabaret dancer known as the Spanish Fly.

Performance history in South Africa

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Spaanse Vlieg by Con de Villiers and performed by the Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging on 8 August 1939, directed by Bernabie van Alphen (Leonie Pienaar according to Nel, 1972).

Die Spaanse Vlieg an Afrikaans translation from German by C. Celliers. Presented at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg by JAATS, 1945. Members of the cast were Rheynardt Smit, Johan de Smidt, Dirk de Villiers, Frederik van Dyk, Hendrik Oberholzer, Pixie Perold, Zanne Cloete, Francis Coertze.


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South African Opinion, 2(8):23, 1945.

Nel, 1972


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