Difference between revisions of "Ou Sjinese Legende"
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A play about an ancient and magical garden belonging to a Chinese clockmaker, where love and sacrifice, sadness and joy intermingle. | A play about an ancient and magical garden belonging to a Chinese clockmaker, where love and sacrifice, sadness and joy intermingle. | ||
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| + | Published in ''The best one-act plays of 1950-51'' as selected by J.W. Marriott (1884-1953).(London : Harrap, 1952). | ||
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| + | First published 1952. | ||
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| + | The Alexander Turnbull Library copy in the General Collection has blue cloth binding, has dust jacket tipped in, and is accompanied by brochure calling for new writers. | ||
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| + | Format | ||
| + | 244 p. ; 20 cm. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 27 February 2025
The Price of Perfection is a lyrical one-act play by Sheila Buckley ()[].
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The original text
A play about an ancient and magical garden belonging to a Chinese clockmaker, where love and sacrifice, sadness and joy intermingle.
Published in The best one-act plays of 1950-51 as selected by J.W. Marriott (1884-1953).(London : Harrap, 1952).
First published 1952.
The Alexander Turnbull Library copy in the General Collection has blue cloth binding, has dust jacket tipped in, and is accompanied by brochure calling for new writers.
Publisher
Format 244 p. ; 20 cm.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Ou Sjinese Legende by an unknown translator in the 1960s.
Performance history in South Africa
1967: Performed as part of a programme of plays called Drama Drie ("Drama Three") and presented in the Aula on the University of Pretoria campus on 29 and 30 September. Directed by Anna Neethling-Pohl and performed by the first batch of third year students produced by the Departement Dramatologie at the University. The cast included Neels Coetzee, Sandra Prinsloo, George Ballot, and Laurens Cilliers.
Sources
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