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''[[The Price of Perfection]]'' is a lyrical one-act play by Sheila Buckley ()[].

==The original text==

A play about an ancient and magical garden belonging to a Chinese clockmaker, where love and sacrifice, sadness and joy intermingle.

Published in ''The best one-act plays of 1950-51'' as selected by J.W. Marriott (1884-1953).
First published in London by Harrap in 1952.

==Translations and adaptations==

Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Ou Sjinese Legende]]'' ("Old Chinese legend") by an unknown translator in the 1960s.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1967: Performed as part of a programme of plays called ''[[Drama Drie]]'' ("Drama Three") and presented in the [[Aula]] on the [[University of Pretoria]] campus on 29 and 30 September. Directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] and performed by the first batch of third year students produced by the [[Departement Dramatologie]] at the University. The cast included [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[George Ballot]], and [[Laurens Cilliers]].

== Sources ==

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1784879.Sheila_Buckley

The National Library of New Zealand catalogue[https://natlib.govt.nz/records/33513036?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcentury%5D=1900&search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=One-act+plays&search%5Bpage%5D=1&search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=Best%2C+J.W.]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234835567550

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	[[George Ballot]] scrapbooks. (Provisionally held in the [[ESAT Archive]], with the kind permission of Prof Muller Ballot[http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/ballotm.html] and consulted 2024-1925).		[[George Ballot]] scrapbooks. (Provisionally held in the [[ESAT Archive]], with the kind permission of Prof Muller Ballot[http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/ballotm.html] and consulted 2024-1925).

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as part of a programme of plays called ''[[Drama Drie]]'' ("Drama Three") and presented in the [[Aula]] on the [[University of Pretoria]] campus on 29 and 30 September. Directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] and performed by the first batch of third year students produced by the [[Departement Dramatologie]] at the University. The cast included [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[George Ballot]], and [[Laurens Cilliers]].
+: Performed as part of a programme of plays called ''[[Drama Drie]]'' ("Drama Three") and presented in the [[Aula]] on the [[University of Pretoria]] campus on 29 and 30 September. Directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] and performed by the first batch of third year students produced by the [[Instituut vir Spraak en Spelkuns]] and the [[Departement Dramatologie]] at the University. The cast included [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[George Ballot]], [[Laurens Cilliers]], [[Johann Botha]], [[Anna-Marie Neethling]], [[Elise Botha]], [[Elmarie Grant]], [[Esmerelda van Biljon]], [[Gerrie Nel]], [[Lianda Martin]], [[C. Coetzee]], [[Yandamé Erwee]], [[Elizabeth Guillum-Scott]], [[Rika Kleynhans]], [[Gail Schaefer]], [[Tienie Grobler]], [[Ida Visser]], [[Kotie Steyn]], [[Elba Prinsloo]], [[Ellie Scheepers]] and [[Rhona Goldblum]].
 == Sources ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Ou Sjinese Legende]]'' ("Old Chinese legend") by an unknown translator in the 1960s.
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Ou Sjinese Legende]]'' ("Old Chinese legend") by [[Lourens Fourie]] in the 1967.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==