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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 work was for a long time considered the first recorded and certainly the first published play in [[Dutch]]-[[Afrikaans]]. It h ad been 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 the supporters of these causes are satirized and appear as caricatures in the work. Though written in [[Dutch]], it also contained some of the first [[Afrikaans]] on stage, set in the mouths [[Cape Dutch]] and drunken "Hottentot" characters, including one "Grietje Drilbouten". Although written in dramatic form as a polemical and satirical burlesque, it was never performed, but only for widely read - for indeed it may have been too virulous to perform. The work appears to be have been very successful, both commercially and polemically, and for a while established Boniface as an important writer.
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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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| − | == 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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