'n Les oor di Tier

'n Les oor di Tier ("A lesson about the tiger") is a comic dialogue by J.H.H. de Waal (1871-1937).

Possibly first performed in Uitenhage in 1892, then by the CJV of the Nieuwe Kerk ("New Church") in the Wicht Hall of in Cape Town c.a. 1893-1894. Published in Di bedriegers : Magrita Prinslo, en ander Afrikaanse dramas en samesprake tot 1900, by F.C.L. Bosman. Voortrekkerpers, 1942. Appears to have been among the very first plays specifically performed in Afrikaans.

Later, the playwright's brother, Pieter de Waal, also wrote a farce (possibly called 'n Les), for performance by the Christian youth society (CJV) of Cape Town's Nieuwe Kerk. His play being as similar to his brother's piece, the brothers combined the pieces to create a longer play called Die Selfsugtige Skoolmeester, (possibly translated and performed as The Selfish Schoolteacher by the CJV of Warmwater near Oudtshoorn in 1914).

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