The Verdict
The verdict: a drama of the Transvaal in three acts by Theo J. Holzberg and I.K. Sampson.
Contents
The original text
The play was written in collaboration by Holzberg and Sampson, and according to The Jewish Virtual Library, the play was probably the first South African play (co-)written by a Jew, even though the Sampson was not Jewish.
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 that handwritten text - in this case subtitled A Tragedy of the Transvaal" - was found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department archive in 2022. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
It was performed in 1911.
Sources
SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
NELM catalogue.
"South African Literature", in The Jewish Virtual Library[1]
Photocopy of the handwritten text, titled The Verdict. A Tragedy of the Transvaal, held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
