The Jews of Hodos
The Jews of Hodos is a Rumanian one act play by Sandor Martinescu.
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The original text
A one-act moralistic play about anti-Semitism and the reinforcing of parental authority.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English by Winifred Katzin and published in English in Short Plays from Twelve Countries, a collection of one act plays selected and edited by Winifred Katzin (London: George G Harrap and Co., 1937)
Katzin's English version also published as a performance text by DALRO, 1969.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A Historical and Critical Survey of the South African One-Act Play Written in English. Unpublished D.Litt. et Phil. Thesis, University of South Africa.
Copy of the 1969 DALRO text found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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