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Published as ''[[Die stad Sodom : toneelstuk in drie bedrywe vir vyf here en vyf dames]]'' ("The city Sodom: play in three acts for five gentlemen and five ladies") by [[H.A.U.M.]] in 1931. | Published as ''[[Die stad Sodom : toneelstuk in drie bedrywe vir vyf here en vyf dames]]'' ("The city Sodom: play in three acts for five gentlemen and five ladies") by [[H.A.U.M.]] in 1931. | ||
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Typed list, [[Eunice Reynecke|E. Reyneke]], 1978 | Typed list, [[Eunice Reynecke|E. Reyneke]], 1978 | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 17 July 2023
Die Stad Sodom ("the city Sodom") is a play in three acts by F.W. Boonzaier (1901-1963).
Contents
The original text
According to the author in his preface[], play is a warning to young women not to settle in the city. Set in the 1930s, it tells the story of young woman who had gone to the city and is forced into prostitution by poverty. Her father disowns her and when she returns to the farm, dying from TB, rejects her.
Published as Die stad Sodom : toneelstuk in drie bedrywe vir vyf here en vyf dames ("The city Sodom: play in three acts for five gentlemen and five ladies") by H.A.U.M. in 1931.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.W._Boonzaier
Johan van Wyk. 1995. Social Concerns in Afrikaans Drama: 1930-1940. Alternation 2,1 (1995), 51-64.[1]
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.
Stellenbosch University Library catalogue
Typed list, E. Reyneke, 1978
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
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