Das Heilige Experiment
Das Heilige Experiment is a German play by Austrian playwright Fritz Hochwälder (Fritz Hochwaelder, 1911-1986)[1].
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The original text
Hochwaelder wrote social and political dramas, using historical themes in his plays. The Strong Are Lonely written in 1942-3, drew on the violent dismantling of a utopian Jesuit settlement by the Spaniards in Paraguay in the 1760s.
Translations and adaptations
The play is known as The Strong Are Lonely in English,
Should one credit Frederic M. Litto's (surely erroneous) attribution of a play called The Strong Are Lonely as an original play the South African playwright Basil Warner, the German play may possibly have been translated under that title by Warner for performance in South Africa. However, it is more likely that Litto is confusing this play with Try for White, Warner's really influential play on race issues, and the only published theatrical work by Warner on record.
Performance history in South Africa
1957: The Strong Are Lonely, credited to , was presented at the Library Theatre, Johannesburg, in June by the Johannesburg Repertory Players . Directed by Cecil Williams, with sets designed by Anthony Farmer and Charles Stodel in the cast.
Sources
Frederick M. Litto. 1968. Plays from Black Africa. New York: Hill and Wang.
Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 13. 1167.
Tucker, 1997. 107.
Oliver Walker. Press clipping of review by held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 20. 1. 17.
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