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''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a one-act play by [[Gordon Bagnall]].  
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''[[Birth of a Union]]'' is a one-act play by [[A. Gordon Bagnall]] (1898-1977).  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A dramatisation of the National Convention of 1908, which brought about the founding of the Union of South Africa. The play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960  published by [[Oxford University Press]], Cape Town in the same year.  
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Subtitled "A Dramatized Version of the National Convention of 1908 Which brough about the Union of South Africa", the play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960  published by [[Oxford University Press]], London, in the same year.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Birth-Union-Gordon-Bagnall-Dramatized-Version/30455720696/bd
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Copy of a catalogue  (handwritten by various hands) of the [[F.C.L. Bosman]] collection held at the [[Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum]] ([[NALN]]) in Bloemfontein.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 17:36, 3 June 2023

Birth of a Union is a one-act play by A. Gordon Bagnall (1898-1977).

The original text

Subtitled "A Dramatized Version of the National Convention of 1908 Which brough about the Union of South Africa", the play dramatizes the three issues which caused the most contention amongst the delegates: union or federation, the native issue, and the sitting of the capital city. It was first staged in 1960 published by Oxford University Press, London, in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1960: Performed at the City Hall, Cape Town, in May , as part of the Union Festival, held in celebration of fifty years of union.

Sources

https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Birth-Union-Gordon-Bagnall-Dramatized-Version/30455720696/bd

Copy of a catalogue (handwritten by various hands) of the F.C.L. Bosman collection held at the Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkunde Museum en Navorsingsentrum (NALN) in Bloemfontein.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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