Die Selfsugtige Skoolmeester

Di Selfsugtige Skoolmeester ("the selfish schoolmaster") is a farce by J.H.H. de Waal (1871-1937) and P. de Waal ().

Not to be confused with Die Selfsugtige Onderwyseres, a piece ascribed to Melt J. Brink by some sources.

The original text

P. de Waal, the brother of playwright J.H.H. de Waal, had written a one-act farce called 'n Les oor di Tier, similar to his brother's piece called 'n Les, for the CJV of Cape Town's Nieuwe Kerk. The brothers subsequently combined the two plays to create a longer play, which they now called Di Selfsugtige Skoolmeester.

The latter play was published initially published as Di Selfsugtige Skoolmeester in 1903, then as Die Selfsugtige Onderwyser]] in and published in the collection Stompies: ’n bundel stories, rympies en toneelspelletjies in die Afrikaanse taal () compiled by J.H.H. de Waal and published by HAUM/De Bussy in 1909.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as The Selfish Schoolteacher by an unnamed author.

Performance history in South Africa

1914: Performed in English (as The Selfish Schoolteacher) by the CJV Warmwater near Oudtshoorn.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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