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''[[Orange Blossom]]'' is a one-act play by Philip Johnson
 
''[[Orange Blossom]]'' is a one-act play by Philip Johnson
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''Not to be confused with the musical '''[[Orange Blossoms]]''' by Fred de Gresac and Victor Herbert.''
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 09:33, 23 May 2025

Orange Blossom is a one-act play by Philip Johnson

Not to be confused with the musical Orange Blossoms by Fred de Gresac and Victor Herbert.

The original text

Subtitled "A Cautionary Comedy in One Act", the play was first published in 1943 by Samuel French and subsequently included in the collection The Best one-act Plays of 1942-43 edited by J.W. Marriott, published by Harrap in 1944.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans Lemoenbloeisels (Orange Blossoms) and adapted as a radio drama by Laetitia Terblanche, and broadcast by Afrikaans Service of the SABC on 3 November, 1965.

Text was once more broadcast on the Afrikaans Service of the SABC on 2 January, 1980, directed by Leon van Nierop.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://www.worldcat.org/title/39620023

A copy of the typed SABC text, found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's radio archives.

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