In the Drought

In the Drought refers to two titles: a one-act play by J. du Plessis and a one-act opera by John Joubert (1927-2019).

In the Drought by J. du Plessis

The original text

The play was published 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)

Translations and adaptations

The English title may have been the ttile given to an unnamed (and lost?) Afrikaans play, translated and adaptated into English by Winifred Katzin.

In the Drought by John Joubert

The original text

An opera in one act.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as In die Droogte.

Performance history in South Africa

1956: First performance at the Johannesburg Festival (October 1956) conducted by Anton Hartman.

1958: Presented by the Opera Society of South Africa in Afrikaans as In die Droogte, conducted by Anton Hartman.

Sources

"Katzin, Winifred", WorldCat online catalogue[1]

Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A Historical and Critical Survey of the South African One-Act Play Written in English. Unpublished D.Litt. et Phil. Thesis, University of South Africa.

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

"Joubert, John". University of Pretoria. https://www.up.ac.za/sacomposers/article/2755855/joubert-john

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