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''La Giara'' (1909), originally a short story, is a play by Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936). The storyline offers a Sicily of sunshine, countryside, song and eccentrics.

== The original text ==


==Translations and adaptations==
Translated into English, entitled ''The Jar''.

Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''Die Kruik'' by [[Con de Villiers]].

== Performance history in South Africa ==
''The Jar'' was produced by [[PACOFS]] in 1974, directed by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]] starring [[Wim Vorster]], [[Neels Coetzee]], [[George Barnes]], and [[Alison Marquard]].

''Die Kruik'' was presented as part of an event entitled ''Drie Eenbedrywe'' in aid of the United Nations Children's Fund under the direction of [[Miems de Bruyn]], date (possibly 1948) and venue unknown. The cast: [[Phil Loots]], [[Jacoba Potgieter]], [[Anneke Rossouw]], [[Ernestine Bruwer]], [[Lourens Voges]], [[Dirk du Toit]], [[Joe Ferreira]], [[Andries van Heerden]], [[Johan Bothma]], [[Willem Laubscher]], [[Boela Holloway]].

== Sources ==
''PACOFS Drama 25 Years, 1963-1988''

''Drie Eenbedrywe'' theatre programme.

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