Opdrifsels

Opdrifsels (“Flotsam” - Afrikaans) is a one-act play by H.A. Fagan about a collection of “flotsam” gathered in the lounge of a rural hotel. Possibly Fagan’s best one-act play, it inspired Reza de Wet’s 199* play Drif.

The original text
Published in 1947 in one volume with the full-length play Die Nuwe Wêreld (“The New World”). Published in Vyfling by Nasboek and in Die Nuwe Wêreld en ander Toneelstukke by Naspers.

Performance history in South Africa
1946: First performed by K.A.T., directed by Queenie Fagan in September 1946.

1959: The play was performed in Bellville as part of a programme to honour the author on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The director was Robert Mohr.

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