Opdrifsels
Opdrifsels (“Flotsam” - Afrikaans) is a one-act play by H.A. Fagan about a collection of “flotsam” gathered in the lounge of a rural hotel. Possibly Fagan’s best one-act play, it inspired Reza de Wet’s 199* play Drif.
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The original text
Published in 1947 in one volume with the full-length play Die Nuwe Wêreld (“The New World”). Published in Vyfling by Nasboek and in Die Nuwe Wêreld en ander Toneelstukke by Naspers.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1946: First performed by K.A.T., directed by Queenie Fagan in September 1946.
1959: The play was performed in Bellville as part of a programme to honour the author on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The director was Robert Mohr.
Sources
Nel, F.J. 1972, p. 152.
Lantern, December 1959.
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