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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1981: Performed at the at the ''[[SACEE One-act Play Festival]]'', where the play for it.
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1981: Performed at the at the ''[[SACEE One-act Play Festival]]'' by pupils of , where the play was awarded a prize.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 07:15, 25 February 2023

No. 1 Utopia Lane is a one-act play by Damon Galgut.

The original text

The play examines the claustrophobic hold that one man exerts over a group of weaklings, and their striving for independence. It was written while the author was a pupil at Pretoria Boys' High School and first performed at the 1981 SACEE One-act Play Festival for it.

The text was published by Jonathan Ball in 1983/5?* (with Echoes of Anger). 1988).

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans translation by Ray Theron as Utopialaan No.1.

Performance history in South Africa

1981: Performed at the at the SACEE One-act Play Festival by pupils of , where the play was awarded a prize.

Sources

Gosher,

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