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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1937. ''Catalog of Copyright Entries'' (Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures.) New Series[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=xFZhAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=The+Jews+of+Hodos++Sandor+Martinescu&source=bl&ots=2v-iHdKKuR&sig=ACfU3U0wJf0r3xq6Q3i41yqQ3FjJmAxycw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNwof6z8HpAhUySBUIHbL8BOwQ6AEwAnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Jews%20of%20Hodos%20%20Sandor%20Martinescu&f=false]
 
Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1937. ''Catalog of Copyright Entries'' (Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures.) New Series[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=xFZhAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201&dq=The+Jews+of+Hodos++Sandor+Martinescu&source=bl&ots=2v-iHdKKuR&sig=ACfU3U0wJf0r3xq6Q3i41yqQ3FjJmAxycw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNwof6z8HpAhUySBUIHbL8BOwQ6AEwAnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Jews%20of%20Hodos%20%20Sandor%20Martinescu&f=false]

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Diamond Cuts Diamond is a one act satirical comedy by Nikolai Gogol

The original text

A satire on gambling in Russia.


Translations and adaptations

Translated into English, it was and adapted by Winifred Katzin and published in English in Short Plays from Twelve Countries, a collection of one act plays selected and edited by Winifred Katzin (London: George G Harrap and Co., 1937)

Katzin's English text, described by Gosher (1988) as a "heavy-handed adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s text", was later also published as a playtext by DALRO, 1969.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Sydney Paul Gosher, 1988

Library of Congress. Copyright Office. 1937. Catalog of Copyright Entries (Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures.) New Series[1]

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