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''[[In the Shadow of the Glen]]'' is a one-act play by J.M. Synge ()[].
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''[[In the Shadow of the Glen]]'' is a one-act play by J.M. Synge (1871-1909)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Millington_Synge].
  
 
Also known as '''''[[The Shadow of the Glen]]'''''  
 
Also known as '''''[[The Shadow of the Glen]]'''''  
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Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
 
Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play ''[[The Trick]]''[https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
  
A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and adaptation of the play was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]], transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. The piece is unpublished, but was performed in the Pretoria [[Kleinteater]] by students of the [[Pretoria Teachers' Training College]], directed by [[Thea de Kock]].    
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A free [[Afrikaans]] translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called '''''[[Onder die Brandberg]]''''' (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by [[Temple Hauptfleisch]] (1945-) in the late 1970s, turning it into a full-length play and transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. Though performed in 1980/81, the text is unpublished.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
 
1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with ''[[Riders to the Sea]]''), directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] in April 1976, featuring [[Ian Roberts]] and others.
 
1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with ''[[Riders to the Sea]]''), directed by [[Beth Dickerson]] in April 1976, featuring [[Ian Roberts]] and others.
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1980/81: ''[[Onder die Brandberg]]'', the [[Afrikaans]] adaptation, performed in the Pretoria [[Kleinteater]] by students of the [[Pretoria Teachers' Training College]], directed by [[Thea de Kock]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Glen.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Glen.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Millington_Synge
  
 
Photographs of scenes from the play held by [[NELM]].
 
Photographs of scenes from the play held by [[NELM]].

Latest revision as of 07:17, 11 February 2023

In the Shadow of the Glen is a one-act play by J.M. Synge (1871-1909)[1].

Also known as The Shadow of the Glen


The original text

Set in an isolated cottage in County Wicklow in what was then the present day (c. 1903), the play

It was the first of Synge's plays to be performed on stage, opening at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on October 8, 1903.

Published in Collected Plays by John M. Synge (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books) in 1952.

Translations and adaptations

Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play The Trick[2] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.

A free Afrikaans translation and radical adaptation of Synge's work called Onder die Brandberg (lit: "Under the burnt mountain"), was done by Temple Hauptfleisch (1945-) in the late 1970s, turning it into a full-length play and transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. Though performed in 1980/81, the text is unpublished.

Performance history in South Africa

1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with Riders to the Sea), directed by Beth Dickerson in April 1976, featuring Ian Roberts and others.

1980/81: Onder die Brandberg, the Afrikaans adaptation, performed in the Pretoria Kleinteater by students of the Pretoria Teachers' Training College, directed by Thea de Kock.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Glen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Millington_Synge

Photographs of scenes from the play held by NELM.

https://smartenglishnotes.com/2022/02/24/the-trick-by-erisa-kironde-summary-analysis-questions-and-answers/

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