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''[[Bar Kokhba]]'' is the name of a number of theatrical works based on the life of Simon bar Kokhba and the Bar Kokhba revolt during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE).
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''[[Bar Kokhba]]'' a Hebrew drama by Yehudah Loeb Landau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
[[C.D.Boonzaier]] (1928, cited in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980) mentions a play he calls ''[[Bar Rochba]]'' (by an unnamed  author) performed in Cape Town by a Hebrew company in 1901. This is most likely an English version of the play and quite possibly a misspelling by the Boonzaier, who was relying on his memory.
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1901: A play called ''[[Bar Rochba]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Mr Waxman]] and his company of [[Hebrew Artistes]] . This is most likely an English version of the Hebrew play ''[[Bar Kokhba]]'' and quite possibly a misspelling by the Boonzaier, who was relying on his memory. 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
 
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