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| − | #REDIRECT[[Die Sluipskutter]]'' ("The Sniper") is an [[Afrikaans]] one-act play by [[Uys Krige]]. | + | #REDIRECT[[Die Sluipskutter]] |
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| − | Also referred to as '''''[[Die Skerpskutter]]''''' in some [[Afrikaans]] sources and '''''[[The Sniper]]''''' in English
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| − | ==The original play==
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| − | An emotional and harrowing piece about patriotism, obedience to authority, overbearing grief and man's personal integrity, set in World War 2. Set in Italy, some days before the end of the War, a German soldier is arrested and executed by South African soldiers. A gripping drama about senseless acts in wartime.
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| − | Published in the collection ''[[Die Sluipskutter]]'' by [[Afrikaanse Pers Boekhandel]] in, 1951 along with ''[[Die Ongeskrewe Stuk (’n Impromptu)|Die Ongeskrewe Stuk]]'' and ''[[Die Gees van die Water]]'') and in ''[[Vier Eenbedrywe]]'' by [[Van Schaik]] (1968, and , .
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | 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), ''[[Four South African One-Act Plays]]'' by [[Nasou]] and ''[[Play Workshop. Ten One Act Plays]]'' by [[Oxford University Press]].
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1969: ''[[The Sniper]]'' performed in English as a lunch-time presentation by [[CAPAB]].
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