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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
Original title in Hebrew ''LeIå-fanim o leIå-ahoIDr''. Translated from the original Hebrew by D. Mierowsky (Ben Eliezer). Published by Bloch Publishing Company; 1st Edition edition (1933).
 
Original title in Hebrew ''LeIå-fanim o leIå-ahoIDr''. Translated from the original Hebrew by D. Mierowsky (Ben Eliezer). Published by Bloch Publishing Company; 1st Edition edition (1933).
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The printed copy of the play shows that fully acted it would run for nearly five hours.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
There was a production of the play in Johannesburg in the 1950s, starring [[Elsie Salomon]].
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1935: [[Elsie Salomon]] directed a reading of a shortened version of the play at the [[Standard Theatre]].
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1936: [[Sheila Nathanson]] directed the shortened version for a production by the Northern Districts Zionists Youth Society on 5 August 1936.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[SACat]], a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
 
[[SACat]], a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
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''[[Rand Daily Mail]]'', 31 July 1936.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:38, 23 October 2019

Conflicting worlds: a drama of present day Jewish life is a play by Galician-born South African rabbi and writer Judah Leo Landau (1866-1942) [1].

The original text

Original title in Hebrew LeIå-fanim o leIå-ahoIDr. Translated from the original Hebrew by D. Mierowsky (Ben Eliezer). Published by Bloch Publishing Company; 1st Edition edition (1933).

The printed copy of the play shows that fully acted it would run for nearly five hours.

Performance history in South Africa

1935: Elsie Salomon directed a reading of a shortened version of the play at the Standard Theatre.

1936: Sheila Nathanson directed the shortened version for a production by the Northern Districts Zionists Youth Society on 5 August 1936.

Sources

Database: SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & AFRICAN STUDIES [SOAS].

SACat, a union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.

Rand Daily Mail, 31 July 1936.

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