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Revision as of 16:38, 14 March 2023
Fortress is a one act play by Michael Scanlan ()[]
Contents
The original text
A play for teenage performers about Billy, who is nine when he accidentally finds out that he's adopted. He feels betrayed, so he retreats into a world of his own, excluding his parents, in order to devise a Fortress of Solitude, in which he models himself on Superman, another orphan.
First performed in its one-act form at LaSalle Academy in Rhode Island. Later reworked as a full-length play.
Published by Samuel French
Translations and adaptations
Translated into Afrikaans as Veilige Vesting by Bernie Visser
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/9503/fortress-one-act
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/8524/fortress-full-length
Copy of the typed text of Veilige Vesting, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archives in 2022.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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