Alle Paaie lei na Rome

("All roads lead to Rome")

For the one-act play by Uys Krige, see Alle paaie gaan na Rome

For the collection of plays, see Alle Paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe

by Uys Krige. An Afrikaans play, later also published in his own English translation under the title All Roads Lead to Rome.

Set in Castelmanico, Italy, and drawing on Krige’s war-time experiences, it is a play of great simplicity and humanity, an indictment of the senselessness of war. It tells the story of an Italian girl and her grandmother trying to deal with the traumatising murder of their family by the Nazis. The young girl has been struck dumb by the killing of her family and her grandmother fruitlessly seeks a lift from soldiers to take the stricken girl to a doctor in Rome.

The original text

Published in Afrikaans in the collection Alle Paaie gaan na Rome - Eenbedrywe by Unie-Volkspers Beperk in 1949, and later in Woord en masker (1967)

Translations and adaptations

An Afrikaans play, later also published in his own English translation under the title All Roads Lead to Rome. Published in English translation in the collection The Sniper and other one-act plays by HAUM in 1964.

The play was first performed by ** in 19**, and often after that.(See Gosher, 1988)**

All Roads Lead to Rome presented by CAPAB's Theatre-Go-Round in 1967.

Performance history in South Africa

Presented by B.A.T. on 30 October 1957, directed by Marge Olivier.

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