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| − | ''[[De Nieuwe Ridderorde of De Temperantisten]]'' (lit. "The New Knighthood/New Chivalric Order, or the 'Temperantists'/People of the Temperance Movement"), is a satirical play in four acts and 26 scenes by [[Charles Etienne Boniface]] (1787/8?-1853/4?). Sometimes referred to simply as ''[[De Temperantisten]]''.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | The play was written to satirize the wave of English philanthropic puritanism which was sweeping the Cape at the time, a movement which was ultimately to lead to the founding of the [[Cape of Good Hope Temperance Society]] and the freeing of the slaves in 1834 and strong prohibitionist measures against alcohol abuse, and even the anti-theatrical movement. Many supporters of these causes aswell as their opponents are satirized and appear as caricatures in the work - which contains 29 named characters, in various categories (including "Anti-temperantisten of Cognac drinkers", "Leerlingen Temperantisten" (each a caricature of a prominent personage in town), plus "Hottentotten onlangs tot de orde ingelyfd" and an unnamed number of "Drukkers, Letterzetters, Knechten, Settlers en Philipynen". It is set in Cape Town, six months after the founding of the Temperance Society there.
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| − | The work was for a long time considered the first recorded and certainly the first published play containing examples of [[Dutch]]-[[Afrikaans]]. Though written in [[Dutch]], it also contained some of the first [[Afrikaans]] on stage, set in the mouths of [[Cape Dutch]] and drunken "[[Hottentot]]" characters, including one "Grietje Drilbouten", whose dialogue [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928: p. 304-5) describes as being in the purest [[Afrikaans]] ("die suiwerste [[Afrikaans]]").
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| − | Although the long text (almost 200 octavo pages) was written in dramatic form as a polemical and satirical burlesque, it was initially published by Boniface himself, most probably to be read and not to be performed, perhaps considered too virulous to perform in a period of anti-theatrical sentiment. However, it was widely read and soon sold out - and appears to be have been very successful, both commercially and polemically, with the [[Commercial Advertiser]] for example publishing angry retorts. For a while this work, in association with [[Clasius]] established Boniface as an important [[Dutch]] writer at the Cape.
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| − | In the published version of the play ([[P.A. Brand]], Market Square, Cape Town, 1832) it appears on the title-page with the double title of ''[[De Nieuwe Ridderorde]]'', with ''[[De Temperantisten]]'' as the alternative title.
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928: p. 320) mentions that the play also elicited emulation, for instance on 10 August 1832 ''[[De Zuid Afrikaan]]'' published a satirical piece called ''[[John MacSucophant]]'' (''[[Jan Pluimstrykers Zoon]]'' in the [[Dutch]] version), written by an anonymous author and aimed at John Fairbairn and the English clergy of the time.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 299-320.
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Etienne_Boniface
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