Die Skerpskutter

Die Skerpskutter ("The Sniper") is an Afrikaans one-act play by Uys Krige.

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.

Performances

The Sniper, CAPAB lunch-time theatre, 1969.

See also Die Sluipskutter.

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