The Strong Are Lonely

The Strong Are Lonely (original title in German Das heilige Experiment (1942-3)) is a play by Austrian playwright Fritz Hochwaelder (1911-1986), who wrote social and political dramas, using historical themes in his plays. The Strong Are Lonely drew on the violent dismantling of a utopian Jesuit settlement by the Spaniards in Paraguay in the 1760s.

Performance history in South Africa
Presented by the Johannesburg Repertory Players, directed by Cecil Williams, with sets designed by Anthony Farmer and Charles Stodel in the cast, at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, in June 1957.

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