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''[[Die Skerpskutter]]'' ("The Sniper") is an [[Afrikaans]]  one-act play by [[Uys Krige]].
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Also known as '''''[[Die Sluipskutter]]'''''
 
 
 
==The original play==
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
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).  The English translation also published in ''[[Four South African One-Act plays]]'' by [[Nasou]] and in ''[[Play Workshop]]'' by [[Oxford University Press]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1969: ''[[The Sniper]]'' performed in English as a lunch-time presentation by [[CAPAB]].
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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