Allah jang Palsoe (Malay for The False God) is a 1919 stage drama from the
Dutch East Indies that was written by the
ethnic Chinese author
Kwee Tek Hoay, based on
E. Phillips Oppenheim's short story "The False Gods". Over six acts, the
Malay-language play follows two brothers, one a devout son who holds firmly to his morals and personal honour, the other a man who worships money and prioritises personal gain. The two learn over the course of a decade that money (the titular false god) is not the path to happiness. Kwee Tek Hoay's first stage play, Allah jang Palsoe was written as a
realist response to whimsical contemporary theatre. Though the published stageplay sold poorly and the play was deemed difficult to perform, Allah jang Palsoe found success on the stage. By 1930 it had been performed by various ethnic Chinese troupes to popular acclaim, and had pioneered a body of work by authors such as
Lauw Giok Lan,
Tio Ie Soei, and Tjoa Tjien Mo. In 2006 the script for the play, which continues to be performed, was republished with
updated spelling by the
Lontar Foundation. (
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