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The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs is a play by David Edgar (1948-)[1]
The original text
A stage adaptation by Edgar, based of Sach's original diary, the play is set in Cape Town where Albie Sachs, a young white barrister who defended many black opponents of apartheid, was arrested in 1963 and held in solitary confinement under the infamous 90-Day Law which allowed the police to hold suspects for an indefinite period.
The play tells of his bid to hold out against his interrogators who wished to break down and obtain information about his friends and clients in the South African resistance.
The text published by Samuel French
Performances
1978: David Edgar's adaptation presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Warehouse Theatre, London, in 1978.
