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Revision as of 05:19, 26 March 2018
Bar Kokhba is the name of a number of theatrical works based on the life of Simon bar Kokhba and the Bar Kokhba revolt during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE).
See Bar Kokhba a Hebrew drama by Yehudah Loeb Landau
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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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