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'''''Attentat''''' is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).
 
'''''Attentat''''' is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).
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Also found as ''[[Attentat!]]''.
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Well known in the English version as '''''[[Close Quarters]]'''''
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935.
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Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935;  ''[[Attentat!]]'': Schauspiel in 3 Aufzügen ; Regie- und Soufflierbuch, Pfeffer, 1935
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 09:00, 25 September 2017

Attentat is a play written by German journalist and dramatist Willi Oscar Somin (1898-1961).

Also found as Attentat!.

Well known in the English version as Close Quarters

The original text

Published in German by Horst Büssow Verlag in 1935; Attentat!: Schauspiel in 3 Aufzügen ; Regie- und Soufflierbuch, Pfeffer, 1935

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English, entitled Close Quarters.

Adapted from French into Afrikaans, entitled Wie is die Moordenaar?, by Pieter Fourie.

Performance history in South Africa

1939: Close Quarters was presented by the Little Theatre Players at the Little Theatre in August, directed by Wensley Pithey.

196*: Wie is die Moordenaar? was presented by the Pieter Fourie Toneelgeselskap in the mid-1960s starring Marie Pentz, Pieter Fourie (who also directed), Fanie Smit and Peter Grobbelaar.

Sources

Inskip, 1972. p.124. (1939 production).

Wie is die Moordenaar? theatre programme, undated.

Google Books [1].

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