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''[[The Tower]]'' is a one-act play by Yvonne Silbert
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''[[The Tower]]'' is a one-act play by [[Yvonne Silbert]] ()
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==The original text==
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A verse play set on the Tower of Babel, and featuring the biblical characters of the Archangel Michael, Saul, David, Deborah, Joel, Abraham, Zenza and various tribesmen. 
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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No South African performance noted to date.
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== Sources ==
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http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/writings-of-yvonne-silbert
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The life story of Yvonne Silbert - arranged for a one-woman show, by Norah Taylor and Bess Finney
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A complete carbon copy of the much of the text (with addition of photocopies of the lost pages, hand dated 1984), found in the archives of the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in 2022.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 06:36, 20 February 2023

The Tower is a one-act play by Yvonne Silbert ()

The original text

A verse play set on the Tower of Babel, and featuring the biblical characters of the Archangel Michael, Saul, David, Deborah, Joel, Abraham, Zenza and various tribesmen.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

No South African performance noted to date.

Sources

http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/writings-of-yvonne-silbert

The life story of Yvonne Silbert - arranged for a one-woman show, by Norah Taylor and Bess Finney

A complete carbon copy of the much of the text (with addition of photocopies of the lost pages, hand dated 1984), found in the archives of the Stellenbosch Drama Department in 2022.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page