BONIFACE, C.E. - De Nieuwe Ridderorde of De Temperantisten - (1954 Hardeband)

Boek nog heel mooi - Vorige eienaar ('n dramastudent van jare gelede) se naam netjies binne - Ek sien daar is 'n paragraaf in pen onderstreep.    >>>    The work has in four acts and 26 scenes.   -   This satirical work entitled De Nieuwe Riddersorde  ("The New Knighthood" or "The New Chivalric Order") may possibly have been written as early as 1825, although the title is also used as an alternative (or sub) title for De Nieuwe Ridderorde, of De Temperantisten, the better known work, which dates from 1832. -   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, as well 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.   -   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 has been described as being in the purest Afrikaans ("die suiwerste Afrikaans").                             * Drama *