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''[[In the Shadow of the Glen]]'' is a one-act play by J.M. Synge ()[].

Also known as '''''[[The Shadow of the Glen]]'''''

==The original text==

Set in an isolated cottage in County Wicklow in what was then the present day (c. 1903), the play

It was the first of Synge's plays to be performed on stage, opening at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on October 8, 1903.

Published in ''[[Collected Plays]]'' by John M. Synge (Harmondsworth: [[Penguin Books]]) in 1952.

==Translations and adaptations==

Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.

A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and adaptation of the play was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. The piece is unpublished, but was performed in the Pretoria [[Kleinteater]] by students of the [[Pretoria Teachers' Training College]], directed by [[Thea de Kock]].

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with ''[[Riders to the Sea]]''), directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] in April 1976, featuring [[Ian Roberts]] and others.

== Sources ==

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Glen.

Photographs of scenes from the play held by [[NELM]].

https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
+Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting. A photocopy of this text, found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]]'s theatre archives, is 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.
 A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called '''''[[Onder die Brandberg]]''''' (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) in the late 1970s, turning it into a full-length play and transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. Though performed in 1980/81, the text is unpublished.

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 Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
-A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called ''[[Onder die Brandberg]]'' (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) in the late 1970s, turning it into a full-length play and transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. Though performed in 1980/81, the text is unpublished.
+A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called '''''[[Onder die Brandberg]]''''' (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) in the late 1970s, turning it into a full-length play and transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. Though performed in 1980/81, the text is unpublished.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
-A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called ''[[Onder die Brandberg]]'' (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] in the late 1970s, transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo.
+A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called ''[[Onder die Brandberg]]'' (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) in the late 1970s, turning it into a full-length play and transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. Though performed in 1980/81, the text is unpublished.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
-''[[Onder die Brandberg]]'', a free [[Afrikaans]] translation and adaptation as a full length play, was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo.
+A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called ''[[Onder die Brandberg]]'' (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] in the late 1970s, transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo.
 Performed by Pretoria Teachers' Training College, directed by Thea de Kock : 1980, 1981)A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and adaptation of the play  The piece is unpublished, but was performed in the Pretoria [[Kleinteater]] by students of the [[Pretoria Teachers' Training College]], directed by [[Thea de Kock]].

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	1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with ''[[Riders to the Sea]]''), directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] in April 1976, featuring [[Ian Roberts]] and others.		1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with ''[[Riders to the Sea]]''), directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] in April 1976, featuring [[Ian Roberts]] and others.
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		+	1980/81: ''[[Onder die Brandberg]]'', the [[Afrikaans]] adaptation, performed in the Pretoria [[Kleinteater]] by students of the [[Pretoria Teachers' Training College]], directed by [[Thea de Kock]].

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-''[[In the Shadow of the Glen]]'' is a one-act play by J.M. Synge ()[].
+''[[In the Shadow of the Glen]]'' is a one-act play by J.M. Synge (1871-1909)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Millington_Synge].
 Also known as '''''[[The Shadow of the Glen]]'''''
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Glen.
 Photographs of scenes from the play held by [[NELM]].

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 It was the first of Synge's plays to be performed on stage, opening at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on October 8, 1903.
-Published in ''[[Collected Plays]]'' by John M. Synge (Harmondsworth: [[Penguin Books]]) in 1952.
+Published in ''Collected Plays by John M. Synge'' (Harmondsworth: [[Penguin Books]]) in 1952.
 ==Translations and adaptations==