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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Birth-Union-Gordon-Bagnall-Dramatized-Version/30455720696/bd

	Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the [[F.C.L. Bosman]] collection held at the [[Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum]] ([[NALN]]) in Bloemfontein.		Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the [[F.C.L. Bosman]] collection held at the [[Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum]] ([[NALN]]) in Bloemfontein.

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 ==The original text==
-Subtitled "A Dramatized Version of the National Convention of 1908 Which brough about the Union of South Africa", the play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960  published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town in the same year.
+Subtitled "A Dramatized Version of the National Convention of 1908 Which brough about the Union of South Africa", the play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960  published by [[Oxford University Press]], London, in the same year.
-Birth of a Union
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a one-act play by [[Gordon Bagnall]] (1898-1977).
+''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a one-act play by [[A. Gordon Bagnall]] (1898-1977).
 ==The original text==
-A dramatisation of the National Convention of 1908, which brought about the founding of the Union of South Africa. The play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960  published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town in the same year.
+Subtitled "A Dramatized Version of the National Convention of 1908 Which brough about the Union of South Africa", the play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960  published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town in the same year.
+Birth of a Union
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the [[F.C.L. Bosman]] collection held at the [[Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum]] ([[NALN]]) in Bloemfontein.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a one-act play by [[Gordon Bagnall]].	+	''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a one-act play by [[Gordon Bagnall]] (1898-1977).

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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-''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a ona-act6 play by [[Gordon Bagnall]].
+''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a one-act play by [[Gordon Bagnall]].
 A dramatisation of the National Convention of 1908, which brought about the founding of the Union of South Africa. The play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960  published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town in the same year.
 : Performed at the [[City Hall]], Cape Town, in May , as part of the [[Union Festival]], held in celebration of fifty years of union.
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
+== Sources ==
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−	by [[Gordon Bagnall]]. A ~~one-act play which is a~~ dramatisation of the National Convention of 1908 which brought the Union of South Africa. The play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged ~~at the [[City Hall]], Cape Town,~~ in ~~May~~ 1960~~, as part of the festival to celebrate fifty years of union. First~~ published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town ~~1960~~.**	+	''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a ona-act6 play by [[Gordon Bagnall]].
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		+	A dramatisation of the National Convention of 1908, which brought about the founding of the Union of South Africa. The play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960 published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town in the same year.

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		+	by [[Gordon Bagnall]]. A one-act play which is a dramatisation of the National Convention of 1908 which brought the Union of South Africa. The play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged at the [[City Hall]], Cape Town, in May 1960, as part of the festival to celebrate fifty years of union. First published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town 1960.**
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