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''[[Amrach die Tollenaar]]'' ("Amrach the tax collector") is an [[Afrikaans]] play in three acts by [[D.F. Malherbe]] (1881-1969). 

==The original text==


The play has a New Testament theme of emerging nationhood and is set in the tax collector's house a few days after the crucifixion of Christ and the conversion of Amrach's wife Miriam to Christianity, leading to Amrach re-evaluating his own life. The play was published by [[Nasionale Pers]]  in 1935.   

It was a serious contender for the [[Hertzog Prize]] for Drama in 1935. 


== Performance history in South Africa ==

1932-4: Produced in Bloemfontein by the [[Toneelskool van die Hanekoms]].

== Sources ==

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.F._Malherbe

[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0015.php], pp. 162

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