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| − | ''[[Fortress]]'' is a one act play by Michael Scanlan | + | ''[[Fortress]]'' is a one-act play by Michael Scanlan. |
| − | ''Not to be confused with '''[[The Fortress]]''' by | + | ''Not to be confused with '''[[The Fortress]]''' by Allan Mackay'' |
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Veilige Vesting]]'' by [[Bernie Visser]] | + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Veilige Vesting]]'' by [[Bernie Visser]]. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/8524/fortress-full-length | https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/8524/fortress-full-length | ||
| − | Copy of the typed text of ''[[Veilige Vesting]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. | + | Copy of the typed text of ''[[Veilige Vesting]]'', found in the [[Stellenbosch Drama Department]] archives in 2022. Now held in the [[Performing Arts Research Collection]] ([[PARC]]) at the [[Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation]], with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:00, 30 July 2025
Fortress is a one-act play by Michael Scanlan.
Not to be confused with The Fortress by Allan Mackay
Contents
The original text
A play for teenage performers about Billy, who is nine when he accidentally finds out that he's adopted. He feels betrayed, so he retreats into a world of his own, excluding his parents, in order to devise a Fortress of Solitude, in which he models himself on Superman, another orphan.
First performed in its one-act form at LaSalle Academy in Rhode Island. Later reworked as a full-length play.
Published by Bakers Plays in 1988 and by Samuel French
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Veilige Vesting by Bernie Visser.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/9503/fortress-one-act
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/8524/fortress-full-length
Copy of the typed text of Veilige Vesting, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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