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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
According to Wilhelm (in Contemporary South African Plays), the play is about "the inevitable failure of idealism; the inevitable victory of entropy".
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According to Wilhelm (in ''[[Contemporary South African Plays]]''), the play is about "the inevitable failure of idealism; the inevitable victory of entropy".
  
 
The play was originally titled ''Conspiracy'' and was adapted from an incomplete prose novella.
 
The play was originally titled ''Conspiracy'' and was adapted from an incomplete prose novella.

Latest revision as of 08:56, 16 October 2023

Frame Work is a play in two acts (Act I: The Dream, Act II: The Betrayal), by Peter Wilhelm.

The original text

According to Wilhelm (in Contemporary South African Plays), the play is about "the inevitable failure of idealism; the inevitable victory of entropy".

The play was originally titled Conspiracy and was adapted from an incomplete prose novella.

Act I: The Dream was published in the anthology Contemporary South African Plays, 1977, pp 267-282.

Performance history in South Africa

1975 - a production of the play, by a student group at Wits University, was due to be performed, but was cancelled a week before opening night.

Sources

NELM catalogue.

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