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'''Below we list versions that have been (or may have been) performed in South Africa. For more on all the known versions, see for example "Bar Kokhba in popular culture", ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_bar_Kokhba#In_popular_culture].''' | '''Below we list versions that have been (or may have been) performed in South Africa. For more on all the known versions, see for example "Bar Kokhba in popular culture", ''Wikipedia''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_bar_Kokhba#In_popular_culture].''' | ||
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Revision as of 05:31, 26 March 2018
Bar Kokhba is a name given to a number of theatrical works based on the life of Simon bar Kokhba (Hebrew: בר כוכבא, Son of Kokhba) (also Bar Kochba, Bar Kochva, Bar Cochva), the leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt[1], the second (sometimes counted as the third) of the Jewish–Roman wars.
Below we list versions that have been (or may have been) performed in South Africa. For more on all the known versions, see for example "Bar Kokhba in popular culture", Wikipedia[2].
Contents
Bar Kokhba a by Yehudah Loeb Landau
Bar Kokhba (play) (1883/1885) by Abraham Goldfaden
The original text
Translations and adaptations
D.C. Boonzaier (1928, cited in Bosman, 1980) mentions a play he calls Bar Rochba (by an unnamed author) performed in Cape Town by a Hebrew company in 1901. This is most likely an English version of the play and quite possibly a misspelling by the Boonzaier, who was relying on his memory.
Performance history in South Africa
1901: A play called Bar Rochba was performed in Cape Town by Mr Waxman and his company of Hebrew Artistes . This is most likely an English version of the Hebrew play Bar Kokhba and quite possibly a misspelling by the Boonzaier, who was relying on his memory.
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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