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The Gamblers (Russian: Игроки) is a one act satirical comedy by Nikolai Gogol
Contents
The original text
A satire on gambling in Russia,
Translations and adaptations
Translated usually into English as The Gamblers or simply Gamblers
The play was seemingly adapted by Winifred Katzin and published as Diamond Cuts Diamond in English in Short Plays from Twelve Countries, a collection of one act plays selected and edited by Winifred Katzin (London: George G Harrap and Co., 1937)
Katzin's English text, described by Gosher (1988) as a "heavy-handed adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s text", was later also published as a playtext by DALRO, 1969.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gamblers_(play)
Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A Historical and Critical Survey of the South African One-Act Play Written in English. Unpublished D.Litt. et Phil. Thesis, University of South Africa.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1937. Catalog of Copyright Entries (Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures.) New Series[1]
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