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''[[The Good and the Bad]]'' is a one-act play by Philip Johnson ()[].
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''[[The Good and the Bad]]'' is a one-act play by Philip Johnson (1900-1984)[].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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A maritime play, it was published in Johnson's collection ''Four plays: Long shadows; the cage; The lovely miracle; The good and the bad;'' by E. Benn, London, 1929.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 08:14, 26 May 2022

The Good and the Bad is a one-act play by Philip Johnson (1900-1984)[].

The original text

A maritime play, it was published in Johnson's collection Four plays: Long shadows; the cage; The lovely miracle; The good and the bad; by E. Benn, London, 1929.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans by Truida Pohl for K.A.T. in 1941.

Translated into Afrikaans and adapted for radio by Marie van der Merwe as Die Goeie en die Slegte in 1965.

Performance history in South Africa

1941: Performed by K.A.T. in June, directed by Truida Pohl.

1965: Broadcast in the programme Kleinteater by the Afrikaans Service of the SABC on 16 February, 1965.

Sources

Frederik Jacobus Nel. 1972. Die Kaapstadse Afrikaanse Toneelvereniging, 1934-1962. Unpublished master’s thesis. Stellenbosch: University of Stellenbosch.

SABC typed text of the Afrikaans radio version by Marie van der Merwe, held in the archive of the Stellenbosch University drama archive.

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Sources

Nel, 1972