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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
[[P. de Waal]], the brother of playwright [[J.H.H. de Waal]], wrote a one-act farce, similar to his brother's piece called ''[['n Les oor die Tier|'n Les oor di Tier]]'', for the [[CJV]] of Cape Town's [[Nieuwe Kerk]]. The two plays were later combined to create this play, now called ''[[Die Selfsugtige Skoolmeester]]''.
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[[P. de Waal]], the brother of playwright [[J.H.H. de Waal]], had written a one-act farce, similar to his brother's piece called ''[['n Les oor die Tier|'n Les oor di Tier]]'', for the [[CJV]] of Cape Town's [[Nieuwe Kerk]]. The two plays combined to create a longer play, which they now called ''[[Die Selfsugtige Skoolmeester]]''.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:26, 22 September 2020

Die Selfsugtige Skoolmeester ("the selfish schoolmaster") is a farce by J.H.H. de Waal and P. de Waal.

The original text

P. de Waal, the brother of playwright J.H.H. de Waal, had written a one-act farce, similar to his brother's piece called 'n Les oor di Tier, for the CJV of Cape Town's Nieuwe Kerk. The two plays combined to create a longer play, which they now called Die Selfsugtige Skoolmeester.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as The Selfish Schoolteacher by an unnamed author.

Performance history in South Africa

1914: Performed in English (as The Selfish Schoolteacher) by the CJV Warmwater near Oudtshoorn.


Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205

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