'n Pakkie van Gister

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'n Pakkie van Gister ("A parcel from yesterday") is an Afrikaans one-act play by Elsabe Steenberg (1938-1996).

The original text

A play about a school bully being taught a lesson by his school mates, though when the plan backfires to some extent, they too learn something about life and kindness.

Published in the collection Boomhuis, Droomhuis en Ander Eenbedrywe by Pat Lubbe and then again in Die Spieël en die Weerkaatsing by Academica in 1985.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Temple Hauptfleisch 1985. Die Spieël en die Weerkaatsing. Pretoria: Academica

Temple Hauptfleisch and Jan Taljaard. Boomhuis, Droomhuis en ander Eenbedrywe Pretoria: Pat Lubbe publishers

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