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| − | ''[[Old Chinese Legend]]'' is a one-act play by Sheila Buckley ()[https://doceww.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/person/467].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | A tragic play about a murderess sentenced to a life sentence, who is released after ten years when diagnosed with an incurable disease. She returns home to confront her three sisters, who had not seen her in the meantime.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Ou Sjinese Legende]]'' by an unknown translator in the 1960s.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 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 [[UP Departement Dramatologie|Departement Dramatologie]] at the University. The cast included [[Neels Coetzee]], [[Sandra Prinsloo]], [[George Ballot]], and [[Laurens Cilliers]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234835567550
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| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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