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A play is set in the 1930s and tells the story of an urbanised young woman who is forced into prostitution by poverty. Her father disowns her and when she returns to the farm suffering of TB, rejects her.
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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.
 
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.

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).

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

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