Bar Kokhba is the name of a number of theatrical works based on the life of Simon bar Kokhba and the Bar Kokhba revolt during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE).

Below we list versions that have been (or may have been) performed in South Africa. For more on all the known versions, see for example "Bar Kokhba in popular culture", Wikipedia[1].

Bar Kokhba a by Yehudah Loeb Landau

The original text

Translations and adaptations

D.C. Boonzaier (1928, cited in Bosman, 1980) mentions a play he calls Bar Rochba (by an unnamed author) performed in Cape Town by a Hebrew company in 1901. This is most likely an English version of the play and quite possibly a misspelling by the Boonzaier, who was relying on his memory.

Performance history in South Africa

1901: A play called Bar Rochba was performed in Cape Town by Mr Waxman and his company of Hebrew Artistes . This is most likely an English version of the Hebrew play Bar Kokhba and quite possibly a misspelling by the Boonzaier, who was relying on his memory.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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