Conflicting Worlds

Conflicting worlds: a drama of present day Jewish life is a play by Galician-born South African rabbi and writer Judah Leo Landau (1866-1942) [1].

The original text

Original title in Hebrew LeIå-fanim o leIå-ahoIDr. Translated from the original Hebrew by D. Mierowsky (Ben Eliezer). Published by Bloch Publishing Company; 1st Edition edition (1933).

The printed copy of the play shows that fully acted it would run for nearly five hours.

Performance history in South Africa

1935: Elsie Salomon directed a reading of a shortened version of the play at the Standard Theatre.

1936: Sheila Nathanson directed the shortened version for a production by the Northern Districts Zionists Youth Society on 5 August 1936.

Sources

Database: SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & AFRICAN STUDIES [SOAS].

SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.

Rand Daily Mail, 31 July 1936.

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