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