Kinder- en jeugtoneel in Afrikaans: oorsig en tendense

Children’s and youth theatre in Afrikaans: Overview and trends This article consists of two main parts. The first part provides a historical overview of children’s and youth theatre in Afrikaans, followed by the identification of some trends associated with this form of theatre. The initial aim of the article is to supplement current brief overviews of children’s and youth theatre and then to postulate that the same social, political and economic influences are present in children’s and youth theatre as in theatre intended for adult audiences. The discussion concludes that children’s and youth plays in Afrikaans, notably those published after 1922, offer indications of realities that playwrights, audiences and readers of these plays were confronted with