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Record of theatrical performance staged during the Voortrekker Centenary celebrations: Episode 1 was "Uys ontvang 'n Bybel van die Engelse Koloniste in Grahamstad", Episode 2 was "Piet Retief word Gekies tot Goewerneur op Winberg"; also included is the song "Afscheid van de Voortrekkers" by Henri ten Brink. .  
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The centenary celebrations of the Great Trek (Groot Trek) or Voortrekkkers ("pioneers") took place across South Africa, and took the form of a symbolic re-enactemnet of the trek north as well as events staged in various cities and towns across the country.  
  
'''''Twee Episodes. Voortrekkereeufees 1938''''' by [[Myles Bourke|Bourke, Myles]] (producer)Book Description
 
(no place: 1938). Large 4to; original blue cloth with gilt title; pp. (22); frontispiece portrait and black-and-white photographs. Inscription on frontispiece reads: "With best wishes and many thanks from Myles Bourke, 1939". Cloth a little soiled; endpapers browned; binding slack. Afrikaans text. Not in [[P.J. Nienaber]].
 
  
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Twee Episodes. Voortrekkereeufees 1938 by Bourke, Myles (producer)
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= Voortrekkereeufees 1938 Pretoria =
Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, PBFA SABDA (ZA)
 
Bookseller Inventory #: 5399
 
Title: Twee Episodes. Voortrekkereeufees 1938
 
Author: Bourke, Myles (producer)
 
Binding: Hardcover
 
Publisher: (no place: 1938)
 
Keywords: Voortrekkereeufees. Voortrekkers. South African Theatre Great Trek
 
Bookseller catalogs: Great Trek;
 
  
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A production was staged , produced by [[Myles Bourke]]. A record of two episodes from this theatrical performance staged during the Voortrekker Centenary celebrations exists. 
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'''''Twee Episodes. Voortrekkereeufees 1938''''' by [[Myles Bourke|Bourke, Myles]] is a bound volume in blue cloth with gilt title, containing a frontispiece portrait and black-and-white photographs, plyus an inscription on frontispiece which reads: "With best wishes and many thanks from Myles Bourke, 1939". It contains an Afrikaans text of Episode 1 ("Uys ontvang 'n Bybel van die Engelse Koloniste in Grahamstad") and Episode 2 ("Piet Retief word Gekies tot Goewerneur op Winberg"). Also included is the song "Afscheid van de Voortrekkers" by Henri ten Brink. 
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Bookseller offer http://www.biblio.com/books/326757320.html
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 3 August 2012

The centenary celebrations of the Great Trek (Groot Trek) or Voortrekkkers ("pioneers") took place across South Africa, and took the form of a symbolic re-enactemnet of the trek north as well as events staged in various cities and towns across the country.


Voortrekkereeufees 1938 Pretoria

A production was staged , produced by Myles Bourke. A record of two episodes from this theatrical performance staged during the Voortrekker Centenary celebrations exists.

Twee Episodes. Voortrekkereeufees 1938 by Bourke, Myles is a bound volume in blue cloth with gilt title, containing a frontispiece portrait and black-and-white photographs, plyus an inscription on frontispiece which reads: "With best wishes and many thanks from Myles Bourke, 1939". It contains an Afrikaans text of Episode 1 ("Uys ontvang 'n Bybel van die Engelse Koloniste in Grahamstad") and Episode 2 ("Piet Retief word Gekies tot Goewerneur op Winberg"). Also included is the song "Afscheid van de Voortrekkers" by Henri ten Brink.


Sources

Bookseller offer http://www.biblio.com/books/326757320.html

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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