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''[[Hitlers Slaap Ook]]'' ("Hitlers also sleep") is an [[Afrikaans]] one-act play by [[Pirow Bekker]]. 

==The original text==

An unsettling play about a young man returning from military duty during the South African border wars in the 1970s and finding a young babysitter in his father's home. The meeting/confrontation between the two young people explores the anxieties and dreams of the times. 

Written in 1979/80 as a commissioned work for a planned one-act play collection, it was initially tried out by [[Dinkteater]] in Pretoria under the title ''[['n Pop met die Naam Hitler]]'' ("a doll with the name Hitler"), after which the author made a number of alterations and changed the title to ''[[Hitlers Slaap Ook]]'' for the collection. 

Published in the collection ''[[Die Kleiner Kosmos. 'n Versameling Eenbedrywe]]'' ([[H&R Academica]], 1980). The collection was a set work for [[Afrikaans]] language studies at high schools in various provinces in the period.  

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1979: First performed (as ''[['n Pop met die Naam Hitler]]'') by [[Dinkteater]] in Pretoria, directed by [[Danie Burger]]. 

==Sources==

[[P.P.B. Breytenbach]] and [[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1980. ''[[Die Kleiner Kosmos. 'n Versameling Eenbedrywe]]''. Pretoria, H&R Academica.

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