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== The original text ==
 
== 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 [http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2279300018/ile.html]
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A one-act play about the adventures of the crew of a small tramp steamer in World War I.
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The play was first performed from 31 October 31, 1917 to 27 April, 1918 by The Washington Square Players at The Comedy Theatre in New York. The text first published in the 1919 collection of O'Neill's plays entitled ''The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea'' by Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into Afrikaans as ''[[In die Gevaarsone]]'' ("in the danger zone") and adapted for radio by [[S.J. Pretorius]].  
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The BBC produced a TV version in 1946 and in 1957 another TV version was broadcast in Australia.
  
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as '''''[[In die Gevaarsone]]''''' ("in the danger zone") and adapted for radio by [[S.J. Pretorius]] in 1985.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1985: Broadcast in the programme ''[[Kleinteater]]'' by the [[SABC]]'s [[Afrikaans]] radio service on 10 June.
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1985: Broadcast in the programme ''[[Kleinteater]]'' by the [[SABC]]'s [[Afrikaans]] radio service on 10 June, directed by [[Margot Luyt]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Zone_(play)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Zone_(play)
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https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/in-the-zone-8588
  
 
Copy of the typed [[SABC]] performance text of ''[[In die Gevaarsone]]'', held in the  Drama Department archive, [[University of Stellenbosch]].
 
Copy of the typed [[SABC]] performance text of ''[[In die Gevaarsone]]'', held in the  Drama Department archive, [[University of Stellenbosch]].
 
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 31 May 2022

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

The original text

A one-act play about the adventures of the crew of a small tramp steamer in World War I.

The play was first performed from 31 October 31, 1917 to 27 April, 1918 by The Washington Square Players at The Comedy Theatre in New York. The text first published in the 1919 collection of O'Neill's plays entitled The Moon of the Caribbees and Six Other Plays of the Sea by Boni and Liveright, New York, 1919.

Translations and adaptations

The BBC produced a TV version in 1946 and in 1957 another TV version was broadcast in Australia.

Translated into Afrikaans as In die Gevaarsone ("in the danger zone") and adapted for radio by S.J. Pretorius in 1985.

Performance history in South Africa

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

Sources

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

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/in-the-zone-8588

Copy of the typed SABC performance text of In die Gevaarsone, held in the Drama Department archive, University of Stellenbosch.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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