In the Shadow of the Glen
In the Shadow of the Glen is a one-act play by J.M. Synge ()[].
Also known as The Shadow of the Glen
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The original text
Set in an isolated cottage in County Wicklow in what was then the present day (c. 1903), the play
It was the first of Synge's plays to be performed on stage, opening at the Molesworth Hall, Dublin, on October 8, 1903.
Published in Collected Plays by John M. Synge (Harmondsworth: Penguin Books) in 1952.
Translations and adaptations
Ugandan playwright Erisa Kironde's English play The Trick[1] is based on Synge's play, transposing the action to an African setting.
A free Afrikaans translation and adaptation of the play was done by Temple Hauptfleisch, transferring the time to the 1970s and the setting to an isolated farm the Karoo. The piece is unpublished, but was performed in the Pretoria Kleinteater by students of the Pretoria Teachers' Training College, directed by Thea de Kock.
Performance history in South Africa
1976: Performed as part of a double bill of plays by J.M. Synge (along with Riders to the Sea), directed by Beth Dickerson in April 1976, featuring Ian Roberts and others.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Glen.
Photographs of scenes from the play held by NELM.
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