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("All roads go to Rome") An [[Afrikaans]] one-act play by [[Uys Krige]]. (Often wrongly written "[[Alle paaie lei na Rome]]".)
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''[[Alle Paaie gaan na Rome]]'' ("All roads lead to Rome") is an [[Afrikaans]] play one-act play by [[Uys Krige].  
  
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For the collection of one-act plays with this title, see ''[[Alle Paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe]]''
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Set in Castelmanico, Italy, and drawing on Krige’s war-time experiences, it is a play of great simplicity and humanity, an indictment of the senselessness of war. It tells the story of an Italian girl and her grandmother trying to deal with the traumatising murder of their family by the Nazis. The young girl has been struck dumb by the killing of her family and her grandmother fruitlessly seeks a lift from soldiers to take the stricken girl to a doctor in Rome.  
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Set in Castelmanico, Italy, the play draws on Krige’s war-time experiences, it is a play of great simplicity and humanity, an indictment of the senselessness of war. It tells the story of an Italian girl and her grandmother trying to deal with the traumatising murder of their family by the Nazis. The young girl has been struck dumb by the killing of her family and her grandmother fruitlessly seeks a lift from soldiers to take the stricken girl to a doctor in Rome.  
  
 
Published in [[Afrikaans]] in the collection ''[[Alle Paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe]]'' by [[Unie-Volkspers Beperk]] in 1949, and later in ''[[Woord en masker]]'' (1967)
 
Published in [[Afrikaans]] in the collection ''[[Alle Paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe]]'' by [[Unie-Volkspers Beperk]] in 1949, and later in ''[[Woord en masker]]'' (1967)
  
== Translations and adaptations ==
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
Krige himself translated it into English as ''[[All Roads Lead to Rome]]'' and it was in the collection ''[[The Sniper and Other One-act Plays]]'' by HAUM Capetown, 1962.
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Translated into English by [[Uys Krige]] himself under the title ''[[All Roads Lead to Rome]]''. Published in English translation in the collection ''[[The Sniper and other one-act plays]]'' by HAUM in 1964.  
  
== Performances in South Africa ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
The play was first performed by ** in 19**, and often after that.
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1957: Performed  by the [[Bellvillese Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging|B.A.T.]] on 30 October, directed by [[Marge Olivier]].
  
1957: Presented by [[Bellvillese Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging|B.A.T.]] on 30 October 1957, directed by [[Marge Olivier]].
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1967: Performed in English as ''[[All Roads Lead to Rome]]'' [[CAPAB]]'s Theatre-Go-Round.
  
1967: Performed in English as ''[[All Roads Lead to Rome]]'' by [[CAPAB]]'s Theatre-Go-Round in 1967 directed by [[Elliot Playfair]].
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== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Gl-Go|Gosher]], 1988)**
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Revision as of 09:22, 7 October 2016

Alle Paaie gaan na Rome ("All roads lead to Rome") is an Afrikaans play one-act play by [[Uys Krige].

For the collection of one-act plays with this title, see Alle Paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe

The original text

Set in Castelmanico, Italy, the play draws on Krige’s war-time experiences, it is a play of great simplicity and humanity, an indictment of the senselessness of war. It tells the story of an Italian girl and her grandmother trying to deal with the traumatising murder of their family by the Nazis. The young girl has been struck dumb by the killing of her family and her grandmother fruitlessly seeks a lift from soldiers to take the stricken girl to a doctor in Rome.

Published in Afrikaans in the collection Alle Paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe by Unie-Volkspers Beperk in 1949, and later in Woord en masker (1967)

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English by Uys Krige himself under the title All Roads Lead to Rome. Published in English translation in the collection The Sniper and other one-act plays by HAUM in 1964.

Performance history in South Africa

1957: Performed by the B.A.T. on 30 October, directed by Marge Olivier.

1967: Performed in English as All Roads Lead to Rome CAPAB's Theatre-Go-Round.

Sources

Gosher, 1988)**


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