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One-Act play by [[Peter Holman]]. An adaptation of [[Herman Charles Bosman]]’s short story ''Comet Cometh'', the play suggests that man’s primitive roots are not easily extirpated and he has a conscious need to absolve himself of guilt. Performed?* First published in [[Play Workshop]] (ed. [[Robin Malan]], pub ''[[Oxford University Press]]'', 1975). (See Gosher, 1988) [JH]
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One-Act play by [[Peter Holman]]. An adaptation of [[Herman Charles Bosman]]’s short story ''Comet Cometh'', the play suggests that man’s primitive roots are not easily extirpated and he has a conscious need to absolve himself of guilt.  
  
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The play is set in a tented encampment in the Dwarsberge, near the banks of the Molopo River.
  
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Performed?* First published in [[Play Workshop]] (ed. [[Robin Malan]], pub ''[[Oxford University Press]]'', 1975). (See Gosher, 1988) [JH]
  
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One-Act play by Peter Holman. An adaptation of Herman Charles Bosman’s short story Comet Cometh, the play suggests that man’s primitive roots are not easily extirpated and he has a conscious need to absolve himself of guilt.

The play is set in a tented encampment in the Dwarsberge, near the banks of the Molopo River.

Performed?* First published in Play Workshop (ed. Robin Malan, pub Oxford University Press, 1975). (See Gosher, 1988) [JH]


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