Die Bitter Pad
Die Bitter Pad ("The Bitter Road”) An Afrikaans one-act play by Paul Roubaix.
The original text
A play about the idea of revolution and terrorism, set in a fictional world. The Afrikaans text published in Helikon, 1(5) and in Nuwe Eenbedrywe (“New One-act Plays”, ed Gerhard J. Beukes) by J.L. van Schaik in 1952. First performed [in English or Afrikaans?*] by the Trafalgar Players in 1954. It was a prescribed book for many years, also for black schools in South Africa in 1974-76. The English text, Bitter Road, is contained in the collection A Time for Compassion by Paul Roubaix (Toronto: Culturama, 1978).
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