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In the Zone is a one act play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill [1] (1888-1953).

The original text

The play was first performed in 1917 and published in 1919, it is among the earliest dramatic works of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, who went on to become the leading American playwright of his generation. Its title represents pronunciation of the word oil, referring to whale oil, in the dialect, or specialized language, of New England whale fishermen [2]

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as In die Gevaarsone ("in the danger zone") and adapted for radio by S.J. Pretorius.


Performance history in South Africa

1985: Broadcast in the programme Kleinteater by the SABC's Afrikaans radio service on 10 June.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Zone_(play)

Copy of the typed SABC performance text of Jammer Ek Is Besig, held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.


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