Die God
Die God (“The God”) is a one-act tragedy by Jac J. Brits (1932-).
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The original text
The play's main character is the Roman emperor Caligula, known for his cruelty and madness. Caligula is looking for a god, but finds only butterflies.
The performance text published as a DALRO Playscript in 1974 and then published in the collection Die Prisonier en Ander Eenbedrywe by Human & Rousseau in 1982.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jac_J._Brits
Die God, a DALRO Playscript (1974), found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the ESAT repository at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Jac J. Brits. 1982. Die Prisonier en Ander Eenbedrywe, Cape Town: Human & Rousseau
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