Die Grootkanonne

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(Lit "The Big Canons") by Uys Krige. A comedy about the difficulties soldiers have in adjusting to post-war life.

The original text

Published in Eenbedrywe : Fuento Sagrada ; Die grootkanonne ; Alle paaie gaan na Rome by Unie-Volkspers, 1949.


Translations and adaptations

An English translation (The Big Shots) published in 1964 in The Two Lamps ed Uys Krige, Pub HAUM).

Performance history in South Africa

Directed by Victor Melleney for TRUK, 1966.


Sources

Gosher, 1988

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