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| − | ''[[De Nieuwe Ridderorde of De Temperantisten]]'' (lit. "The New Knighthood/New Chivalric Order, or the 'Temperantists'/People of the Temperance Movement"), is a satirical play in four acts and 26 scenes by [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] (Dates uncertain: 1787-1853/1788-1854).
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | The work was for a long time the first recorded play in [[Dutch]]-[[Afrikaans]] and satirized the wave of English philanthropic puritanism which was sweeping the Cape at the time, a movement which was ultimately to lead to the freeing of the slaves in 1834 and strong prohibitionist measures against alcohol abuse. Though written in Dutch, it contained some of the first Afrikaans on stage, set in the mouths Cape Dutch and drunken "Hottentot" characters, including one "Grietje Drilbouten". Although written in dramatic form, it was never performed, but written as a polemical and satirical burlesque, to be read - and indeed may have been too virulous to perform. It appears to be have been very successful, both commercially and polemically, and for a while established Boniface as an important writer.
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| − | Some suggest that it had possibly already been written in 1825, under the title ''[[De Nieuwe Ridderorde]]'' ("The New Knighthood" or "The New Chivalric Order"), though elsewhere it is suggested that that Boniface had in fact written a ''separate'' work under this title in 1825.
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| − | In the published version of the play ([[P.A. Brand]], Market Square, Cape Town, 1832) it appears on the title-page with the double title of ''[[De Nieuwe Ridderorde]]'', with ''[[De Temperantisten]]'' as the alternative title.
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