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by Nikolai R. Erdman (1900-1970), a Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold in the 1920s. His plays, notably The Suicide (1928), form a link in Russian literary history between the satirical drama of Nikolai Gogol and the post-World War II Theatre of the Absurd.
Afrikaans translation by André P. Brink. Full-length. Cast: mixed.
The first production was by CAPAB in 1973, directed by Pieter Fourie with Johan Malherbe as Semjon.
Sources
Nico Malan Theatre pamphlet May 1973.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Erdman
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