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''[[Die Skerpskutter]]'' (“The Sniper”) is an [[Afrikaans]]  one act play by [[Uys Krige]].
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An emotional and harrowing piece about patriotism, obedience to authority, overbearing grief and man’s personal integrity, set in WWII, and centring on the execution of a German Prisoner of War.
 
 
 
Krige's own translation (as ''[[The Sniper]]'') was published in ''[[The Sniper and other One-act Plays]]'' by [[HAUM]] in 1964,  as well as in ''[[Plays from Near and Far]]'' (eds [[Guy Butler]] and [[Tim Peacock]], pub. [[Maskew Miller]], 1972).  (See Gosher, 1988) English translation also published in ''[[Four South African One-Act plays]]'' by [[Nasou]] and in ''[[Play Workshop]]'' by [[Oxford University Press]].
 
 
 
''The Sniper'', [[CAPAB]] lunch-time theatre, 1969.
 
 
 
'''See also''' ''[[Die Sluipskutter]]''.
 
 
 
 
 
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