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| − | ''[[Di Selfsugtige Skoolmeester]]'' ("the selfish schoolmaster") is a farce by [[J.H.H. de Waal]] (1871-1937) and [[P. de Waal]] ().
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | [[P. de Waal]], the brother of playwright [[J.H.H. de Waal]], had written a one-act farce called ''[['n Les oor di Tier]]'', similar to his brother's piece called ''[['n Les]]'', for the [[CJV]] of Cape Town's [[Nieuwe Kerk]]. The brothers subsequently combined the two plays to create a longer play, which they initially called ''[[Di Selfsugtige Skoolmeester]]''.
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| − | Written in the patois of young people in the Cape at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries, the play tells of a teacher is trying to teach a group of unruly children. He draws an image of a tiger on the blackboard and asks the boys to identify the animal. The answers received are meaningless and the boys keep playing pranks throughout the piece.
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| − | The longer play was published published as ''[[Di Selfsugtige Skoolmeester]]'' in 1903, then it appeared as ''[[Die Selfsugtige Onderwyser]]'' in the journal ''[[Ons Land]]'' on 10 January, 1903, and then, in an extensively altered version, in as ''[[Di selfsugtige onderwyser]]'' in ''[[De Goede Hoop]]'' (during in April 1904 ). The latter version was then published as ''[[Die selfsugtige meester]]'' ("the selfish master") in the collection ''[[Stompies: ’n bundel stories, rympies en toneelspelletjies in die Afrikaanse taal]]'' () compiled by [[J.H.H. de Waal]] and published by [[HAUM]]/[[De Bussy]] in 1909.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Selfish Schoolteacher]]'' by an unnamed author.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1914: Performed in English (as ''[[The Selfish Schoolteacher]]'') by the [[CJV Warmwater]] near Oudtshoorn.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[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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