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| − | ''[[Mara]]'' is the title used for at least four South African plays: | + | ''[[Mara]]'' is the title used for numerous literary products over the years, usually as a reference to the Biblical [[Mara]] (or [[Marah]]), a place of bitter water, bitterness and murmuring against God by the Israelites. |
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| + | At least at least four South African plays bear the name: | ||
=''[[Mara]]'' by [[Abraham Matthee]]= | =''[[Mara]]'' by [[Abraham Matthee]]= | ||
| − | + | ==The original text== | |
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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=''[[Mara]]'' by [[Herman Charles Bosman]]= | =''[[Mara]]'' by [[Herman Charles Bosman]]= | ||
| − | An English one-act play, | + | ==The original text== |
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| + | An English one-act play, named for the Biblical well of bitterness, it was written under the pseudonym [[Herman Malan]]. It deals with the issue of incest in the form of a prose duologue in two scenes between a sister and brother. | ||
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| + | Published in 1932 by the [[African Publications and Courier News Agency]], Wardrobe Court, 146 Queen Victoria Street, London E.C. | ||
| + | and in ''Young Bosman - the Anniversary Edition'', edited by Craig MacKenzie, published by Human & Rousseau, 2003. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
=''[[Mara]]'' by [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]]= | =''[[Mara]]'' by [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]]= | ||
| − | This is title used for the play ''[[Oorlog is Oorlog]]'' when | + | This is title used for the play ''[[Oorlog is Oorlog]]'' when it was directed by [[Anna Neethling-Pohl]] for [[Volksteater]] in 1941. |
See the entry on '''''[[Oorlog is Oorlog]]''''' | See the entry on '''''[[Oorlog is Oorlog]]''''' | ||
=''[[Mara]]'' by [[S.J. Rheeder]]= | =''[[Mara]]'' by [[S.J. Rheeder]]= | ||
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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | ''[[South African Opinion]]'', 1(4), 1944 | ||
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| + | Lional Abrahams. 2001. "Mr. Bosman: A Protégé's Memoir of Herman Charles Bosman", ''[[English in Africa]]'' | ||
| + | Vol. 28, No. 2 (Oct., 2001), pp. 11-47 (37 pages)[https://www.jstor.org/stable/40238929] | ||
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| + | [[Frederik Jacobus Nel|Nel, Frederik Jacobus]] 1972. ''Die [[Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging]], 1934-1962''. Unpublished master’s thesis. Stellenbosch: [[University of Stellenbosch]]. | ||
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:21, 24 September 2023
Mara is the title used for numerous literary products over the years, usually as a reference to the Biblical Mara (or Marah), a place of bitter water, bitterness and murmuring against God by the Israelites.
At least at least four South African plays bear the name:
Contents
Mara by Abraham Matthee
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Mara by Herman Charles Bosman
The original text
An English one-act play, named for the Biblical well of bitterness, it was written under the pseudonym Herman Malan. It deals with the issue of incest in the form of a prose duologue in two scenes between a sister and brother.
Published in 1932 by the African Publications and Courier News Agency, Wardrobe Court, 146 Queen Victoria Street, London E.C. and in Young Bosman - the Anniversary Edition, edited by Craig MacKenzie, published by Human & Rousseau, 2003.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Mara by J.F.W. Grosskopf
This is title used for the play Oorlog is Oorlog when it was directed by Anna Neethling-Pohl for Volksteater in 1941.
See the entry on Oorlog is Oorlog
Mara by S.J. Rheeder
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
South African Opinion, 1(4), 1944
Lional Abrahams. 2001. "Mr. Bosman: A Protégé's Memoir of Herman Charles Bosman", English in Africa Vol. 28, No. 2 (Oct., 2001), pp. 11-47 (37 pages)[1]
Nel, Frederik Jacobus 1972. Die Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging, 1934-1962. Unpublished master’s thesis. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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