The Verdict
The verdict: a drama of the Transvaal in three acts by Theo J. Holzberg and I.K. Sampson.
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The original text
Published in Potchefstroom by Het Westen in 1913 in the series Unie lees- en studie-bibliotheek.
The original manuscript of the play is held by the National Library of South Africa. A photocopy of the handwritten text was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.
Performance history in South Africa
It was performed in 1911.
Sources
SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
Photocopy of the handwritten text, titled The Verdict. A Tragedy of the Transvaal, was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022.
NELM catalogue.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/south-african-literature
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The verdict: a drama of the Transvaal in three acts by Theo J. Holzberg writen in collaboration with I.K. Sampson, who was not Jewish, was probably the first South African play by a Jew.
The original text
Published in Potchefstroom by Het Westen in 1913 in the series Unie lees- en studie-bibliotheek.
The original manuscript of the play is held by the National Library of South Africa.
Performance history in South Africa
It was performed in 1911.
Sources
SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
NELM catalogue.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/south-african-literature
Return to
Return to V
Return to South African Theatre Plays
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