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''[[Fortress]]'' is a one act play by Michael Scanlan ()[]
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''[[Fortress]]'' is a one-act play by Michael Scanlan ()[]
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''Not to be confused with '''[[The Fortress]]''' by Allan Mackay''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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First performed in its one-act form at LaSalle Academy in Rhode Island. Later reworked as a full-length play.
 
First performed in its one-act form at LaSalle Academy in Rhode Island. Later reworked as a full-length play.
  
Published by [[Samuel French]]
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Published by Bakers Plays in 1988 and by [[Samuel French]]
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Veilige Vesting]]'' by [[Bernie Visser]]
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Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Veilige Vesting]]'' by [[Bernie Visser]].
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==

Latest revision as of 08:09, 9 October 2023

Fortress is a one-act play by Michael Scanlan ()[]

Not to be confused with The Fortress by Allan Mackay

The original text

A play for teenage performers about Billy, who is nine when he accidentally finds out that he's adopted. He feels betrayed, so he retreats into a world of his own, excluding his parents, in order to devise a Fortress of Solitude, in which he models himself on Superman, another orphan.

First performed in its one-act form at LaSalle Academy in Rhode Island. Later reworked as a full-length play.

Published by Bakers Plays in 1988 and by Samuel French

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Veilige Vesting by Bernie Visser.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/9503/fortress-one-act

https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/8524/fortress-full-length

Copy of the typed text of Veilige Vesting, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.

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