The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs

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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.


Sources

https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/66244/the-jail-diary-of-albie-sachs

https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/a/2145/david-edgar

Royal Shakespeare Company 1979/1980 Annual report.(*Copy found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.)

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